CHENGHUA SIX CHARACTER MARK, TIANQI

Details

A blue and white Ko-sometsuke serving dish
Chenghua six character mark, Tianqi
With brown-edged scalloped rim, painted with a hare seated beside pierced rockwork and looking up at the moon
14.5 cm. diam.

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Lot Essay

Ko-sometsuke, literally translated as 'old blue and white' is the term, not used at the time, but adopted about a century ago for wares made specifically for Japanese tea-masters. The majority were made in Jingdezhen during the Tianqi period, although some pieces were probably made later in the 17th Century and these are sometimes referred to as Shonsui. By the early 17th Century the tea ceremony had assumed a very important position in Japanese formal and social entertaining and a substantial industry evolved producing dishes for export to this flourishing market

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