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Lot Essay
The inscription may be translated:
Fishing in solitude at the far end of the stream,
On a leisurely boat ride into the wilderness with a flock of cranes for company,
In the sun, one begins the journey home,
While long shadows are cast ammong the distant dwellings.
Followed by the signature, 'Zepei'.
A very similar inscribed tray with a related scene and similar decorative elements around the sides was included in by S Marchant and Son in the Exhibition Nineteenth Century Mark and Period Porcelain, London, 1991, and illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 3 where it is noted that the form and style of decoration appear to be inspired by Tianqi period ko-sometsuke tea ceremony wares.
Fishing in solitude at the far end of the stream,
On a leisurely boat ride into the wilderness with a flock of cranes for company,
In the sun, one begins the journey home,
While long shadows are cast ammong the distant dwellings.
Followed by the signature, 'Zepei'.
A very similar inscribed tray with a related scene and similar decorative elements around the sides was included in by S Marchant and Son in the Exhibition Nineteenth Century Mark and Period Porcelain, London, 1991, and illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 3 where it is noted that the form and style of decoration appear to be inspired by Tianqi period ko-sometsuke tea ceremony wares.