Jingdezhen, China
Ming Dynasty, Tianqi Period (1620-1627)
Thickly moulded in the form of a half-opened fan, and decorated with a scene above the fan spines to the interior of a landscape featuring mountain peaks and ridges enveloped in mist under the moon, and two huts on different mountains, the lower with a solitary figure emerging. 4.3cm high, 22cm long. Cat. 745e
For set of five fans of similar shape but different design, see Kosometsuke: Monochrome Section, Masahiko Kawahara, Kyoto Shoin Co., Ltd., 1977, p. 199 / pl. 751.
Condition report (carefully viewed under UV, strong light and magnification):
Jingdezhen, China
Ming Dynasty, Tianqi Period (1620-1627)
Thickly moulded in the form of a half-opened fan, and decorated with a scene above the fan spines to the interior of a landscape featuring mountain peaks and ridges enveloped in mist under the moon, and two huts on different mountains, the lower with a solitary figure emerging. 4.3cm high, 22cm long. Cat. 745e
For set of five fans of similar shape but different design, see Kosometsuke: Monochrome Section, Masahiko Kawahara, Kyoto Shoin Co., Ltd., 1977, p. 199 / pl. 751.
Condition report (carefully viewed under UV, strong light and magnification):
