A VERY RARE CHINESE PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE KOSOMETSUKE SWE...

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£300 - £500

A VERY RARE CHINESE PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE KOSOMETSUKE SWEETMEAT DISH, MUKOZUKE
MING DYNASTY, TIANQI, (1621-1627)
明天启 青花花卉纹琵琶型碟 
of biwa or lute form on three feet, painted with the three strings dividing a prunus spray and a bamboo spray beneath insects in flight, the underside glazed white with a copy of the Marchant exhibition catalogue
19.7cm long

PROVENANCE: From a private collection, Japan. Purchased by Marchant in the Osaka Bay Province, Japan, 17th April 2019.

EXHIBITION: Included by Marchant in their 2024 exhibition of Kosometsuke & Shonzui, no. 29, pp. 78/9.

NOTE: A mixed set of five four-string biwa, each design differing slightly, is illustrated in colour by Senju Sato in Kosometsuke, no. 29, pp. 58/9 and by Masahiko Kawahara in Ko-sometsuke, Colour Section, no. 163, pp. 206/7 and again by Saito Kikutaro in Complete Collection of Ceramics, vol. 44, Kosometsuke and Shonzui, no. 71.
No other three-string biwa or lute appears to be published.


Marchant: ‘Moving to Brook Street’
To be offered without reserve

迁址启新｜Marchant布鲁克街迁址专场拍卖 (悉数无底价)

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mushukui and firing spots. Japanese wood box.