Lot 25. A set of four blue and white 'jade hare' ko-sometsuke dishes, Ming Dynasty, Tianqi period (1621-1627). Diameters 19 cm, 7 1/2 in. Estimate: 3,000 - 5,000 GBP. (C) 2021 Sotheby's

each painted to the interior with a crouching white hare on a fukizumi 'blown blue' ground, below a rectangular panel enclosing the characters yu tu (jade hare), encircled by florets and a single line at the rim.

Property from a Spanish Private Collection.