A RARE PAIR OF CHINESE DISHES FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET

A RARE PAIR OF CHINESE DISHES FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET, KO-SOMETSUKE

TIANQI 1621-1627

Shaped as fans, both decorated with a mountainous river landscape, with fishing boats on the water and a pavilion in the distance, one with two figures in the foreground playing weiqi, both 22cm approx. (2)

Provenance: formerly the collections of William Kelly Simpson, Abby Gildrich Rockefeller, and the Murai Collection. Sold by Yamanaka, Bar Harbor, 1929.

Cf. Christie's London, 12th June 1989, lot 255 for a set of five similar dishes. Also J Welsh, Chinese Porcelain for the Japanese Market, pp.40-41.