Japanese Works of Art - 12th November 2019
Lot 200
A RARE PAIR OF CHINESE DISHES FOR THE JAPANESE MARKET
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £1700
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Description
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.