4. Abalone-shell mukozuke
Jingdezhen, China
Ming Dynasty, Tianqi Period (1620-1627)
Thickly moulded in the form of an abalone shell with three feet to the underside, decorated with fish and water weeds in underglaze blue to the interior. 5cm high, 18.25 wide. Together with a Japanese wooden box. Cat. 113
For a dish of similar shape and design see Kosometsuke: Monochrome Section, Masahiko Kawahara, Kyoto Shoin Co., Ltd., 1977, p. 198 / pl. 748.
Condition report (carefully viewed under UV, strong light and magnification): extensive fritting to the rim, the protrusions to the underside (representing the holes along the shell) and to two of the feet, as well as some broad crackle to the glaze (production/firing flaws). One running horizontal hairline crack across the body emanating from the side of one of the feet visible both to the interior and exterior – unsure if the origin is from the firing or from being set down too harshly on the foot from which the crack seems to emanate. The hairline is approximately 11cm long and does not extend to the rim.
Jingdezhen, China
Ming Dynasty, Tianqi Period (1620-1627)
Thickly moulded in the form of an abalone shell with three feet to the underside, decorated with fish and water weeds in underglaze blue to the interior. 5cm high, 18.25 wide. Together with a Japanese wooden box. Cat. 113
For a dish of similar shape and design see Kosometsuke: Monochrome Section, Masahiko Kawahara, Kyoto Shoin Co., Ltd., 1977, p. 198 / pl. 748.
Condition report (carefully viewed under UV, strong light and magnification): extensive fritting to the rim, the protrusions to the underside (representing the holes along the shell) and to two of the feet, as well as some broad crackle to the glaze (production/firing flaws). One running horizontal hairline crack across the body emanating from the side of one of the feet visible both to the interior and exterior – unsure if the origin is from the firing or from being set down too harshly on the foot from which the crack seems to emanate. The hairline is approximately 11cm long and does not extend to the rim.
Jingdezhen, China
Ming Dynasty, Tianqi Period (1620-1627)
Thickly moulded in the form of an abalone shell with three feet to the underside, decorated with fish and water weeds in underglaze blue to the interior. 5cm high, 18.25 wide. Together with a Japanese wooden box. Cat. 113
For a dish of similar shape and design see Kosometsuke: Monochrome Section, Masahiko Kawahara, Kyoto Shoin Co., Ltd., 1977, p. 198 / pl. 748.
Condition report (carefully viewed under UV, strong light and magnification): extensive fritting to the rim, the protrusions to the underside (representing the holes along the shell) and to two of the feet, as well as some broad crackle to the glaze (production/firing flaws). One running horizontal hairline crack across the body emanating from the side of one of the feet visible both to the interior and exterior – unsure if the origin is from the firing or from being set down too harshly on the foot from which the crack seems to emanate. The hairline is approximately 11cm long and does not extend to the rim.