Lot Essay
Cf. two bowls decorated with cockerels in underglaze-red and blue, one marked Yongle and the other Hongwu, from the Percival David Foundation Collection, illustrated by Hobson, David Catalogue, pl. CXX, are dated by Medley to the Tianqi period.
This type of decoration using a combination of underglaze-blue with minor touches of underglaze-copper-red is found on plates thought to be made for the Japanese market. Compare these small porcelain objects of Chinese form with underglaze-blue miniature 'cabinet' vases made specifically for the European market, found on the salvaged Vung Tau Cargo, 7/8th April 1992, sold in our Amsterdam Rooms, lots 349 and 350.
(US$11,000-13,000)
This type of decoration using a combination of underglaze-blue with minor touches of underglaze-copper-red is found on plates thought to be made for the Japanese market. Compare these small porcelain objects of Chinese form with underglaze-blue miniature 'cabinet' vases made specifically for the European market, found on the salvaged Vung Tau Cargo, 7/8th April 1992, sold in our Amsterdam Rooms, lots 349 and 350.
(US$11,000-13,000)