Jingdezhen, China
Ming Dynasty, Tianqi Period (1620-1627)
Moulded in the form of a leaf, raised on three squat feet, the interior very finely decorated with a scene of Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073) sitting under a willow tree beside a lotus pond, the underside with the stem and veins of the leaf. 3.5cm high, 18.6cm wide. Together with an old Japanese wooden box. Cat. 690
For a dish of the same design see Kosometsuke: Monochrome Section, Masahiko Kawahara, Kyoto Shoin Co., Ltd., 1977, p. 180 / pl. 703.
Note: Zhou Dunyi was a foundational Song Dynasty philosopher whose synthesis of Daoist cosmology and Confucian ethics laid the groundwork for neo-Confucian thought, linking moral cultivation to the natural order.
Condition report (carefully viewed under UV, strong light and magnification): natural crazing to the glaze, fritting to the rim.
Jingdezhen, China
Ming Dynasty, Tianqi Period (1620-1627)
Moulded in the form of a leaf, raised on three squat feet, the interior very finely decorated with a scene of Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073) sitting under a willow tree beside a lotus pond, the underside with the stem and veins of the leaf. 3.5cm high, 18.6cm wide. Together with an old Japanese wooden box. Cat. 690
For a dish of the same design see Kosometsuke: Monochrome Section, Masahiko Kawahara, Kyoto Shoin Co., Ltd., 1977, p. 180 / pl. 703.
Note: Zhou Dunyi was a foundational Song Dynasty philosopher whose synthesis of Daoist cosmology and Confucian ethics laid the groundwork for neo-Confucian thought, linking moral cultivation to the natural order.
Condition report (carefully viewed under UV, strong light and magnification): natural crazing to the glaze, fritting to the rim.
