A CHINESE KO-SOMETSUKE DISH FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET

A CHINESE KO-SOMETSUKE DISH FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET

TIANQI 1621-27

Decorated in underglaze blue, red, green and yellow enamels, painted with two small rabbits prancing underneath a leafy branch, with wisps of mist above it and a large hawk in flight, the moon emerging from behind red clouds, the underside with three sacred pearls and dots, 15.3cm.

Provenance: formerly a Japanese private collection.

See Dreweatts, Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 19th May 2021, lot 30 for a related dish with a similar design purchased from Sydney L Moss ltd in 1965 and published in Oriental Art, Spring 1985.