17. Set of five crane and pine dishes
Jingdezhen, China
Ming Dynasty, Tianqi (1620-1627) or Chongzhen (1627-1644) Period
Each dish finely decorated with a crane with stretched wings under a gnarled pine tree beneath the moon shrouded in clouds. Each approximately 2.5cm high, 15cm diameter. Together with a Japanese wooden box. Cat. 120
For a larger dish with similar design and fine decoration see Trade Taste & Transformation: Jingdezhen Porcelain for Japan, 1620-1645, Julia B. Curtis, China Institute, 2006, pp. 83-84 / pl. 62.
Condition report (carefully viewed under UV, strong light and magnification): each dish with extensive fritting around the rim, and one with a short firing crack to the interior. (production/firing flaws). One dish with a warped rim.
Jingdezhen, China
Ming Dynasty, Tianqi (1620-1627) or Chongzhen (1627-1644) Period
Each dish finely decorated with a crane with stretched wings under a gnarled pine tree beneath the moon shrouded in clouds. Each approximately 2.5cm high, 15cm diameter. Together with a Japanese wooden box. Cat. 120
For a larger dish with similar design and fine decoration see Trade Taste & Transformation: Jingdezhen Porcelain for Japan, 1620-1645, Julia B. Curtis, China Institute, 2006, pp. 83-84 / pl. 62.
Condition report (carefully viewed under UV, strong light and magnification): each dish with extensive fritting around the rim, and one with a short firing crack to the interior. (production/firing flaws). One dish with a warped rim.
Jingdezhen, China
Ming Dynasty, Tianqi (1620-1627) or Chongzhen (1627-1644) Period
Each dish finely decorated with a crane with stretched wings under a gnarled pine tree beneath the moon shrouded in clouds. Each approximately 2.5cm high, 15cm diameter. Together with a Japanese wooden box. Cat. 120
For a larger dish with similar design and fine decoration see Trade Taste & Transformation: Jingdezhen Porcelain for Japan, 1620-1645, Julia B. Curtis, China Institute, 2006, pp. 83-84 / pl. 62.
Condition report (carefully viewed under UV, strong light and magnification): each dish with extensive fritting around the rim, and one with a short firing crack to the interior. (production/firing flaws). One dish with a warped rim.