TWO CHINESE KO-SOMETSUKE DISHES FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET

TWO CHINESE KO-SOMETSUKE DISHES FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET

TIANQI 1621-27

Both decorated in underglaze blue, the first with a boy holding a tether to which a bird is attached, the pet perched on a pine tree and looking up as another bird flies past, with mountains to the side and the full moon above; the other dish with a cluster of clams on an abstract banded ground, raised on a short circular foot, 21.9cm and 17.5cm respectively. (2)