18. Dish with design of fighting cockerels
Jingdezhen, China
Ming Dynasty, Tianqi Period (1620-1627)
Beautifully decorated with two characterful cockerels squaring off under a pine tree beneath the sun, with grasses in the foreground. 3.4cm high, 21.25cm diameter. Together with a Japanese wooden box. Cat. 106
For a dish with the same design to the centre see Kosometsuke: Monochrome Section, Masahiko Kawahara, Kyoto Shoin Co., Ltd., 1977, p. 158 / pl. 625.
Condition report (carefully viewed under UV, strong light and magnification): extensive fritting around the rim, one frit/glaze pop and scattered kiln grit to the interior (production/firing flaws).
Jingdezhen, China
Ming Dynasty, Tianqi Period (1620-1627)
Beautifully decorated with two characterful cockerels squaring off under a pine tree beneath the sun, with grasses in the foreground. 3.4cm high, 21.25cm diameter. Together with a Japanese wooden box. Cat. 106
For a dish with the same design to the centre see Kosometsuke: Monochrome Section, Masahiko Kawahara, Kyoto Shoin Co., Ltd., 1977, p. 158 / pl. 625.
Condition report (carefully viewed under UV, strong light and magnification): extensive fritting around the rim, one frit/glaze pop and scattered kiln grit to the interior (production/firing flaws).
Jingdezhen, China
Ming Dynasty, Tianqi Period (1620-1627)
Beautifully decorated with two characterful cockerels squaring off under a pine tree beneath the sun, with grasses in the foreground. 3.4cm high, 21.25cm diameter. Together with a Japanese wooden box. Cat. 106
For a dish with the same design to the centre see Kosometsuke: Monochrome Section, Masahiko Kawahara, Kyoto Shoin Co., Ltd., 1977, p. 158 / pl. 625.
Condition report (carefully viewed under UV, strong light and magnification): extensive fritting around the rim, one frit/glaze pop and scattered kiln grit to the interior (production/firing flaws).