Lot 127. A blue and white Kosometsuke dish, Tianqi mark and period (1621-1627);  20.8cm., 8 1/4 in. Estimate 7,000 - 9,000 GBP. Lot sold 8,750 GBP.  Photo: Sothebys 2013

the conical sides supported on a tapering foot, the interior painted with two scholars under a pine tree in a landscape, all encircled by a geometric floral band, the base with a four-character mark within a double-circle, Japanese wood box. Quantité: 2

Provenance: A Japanese Private Collection

Literature: Masahiko Kawahara, Ko-Sometsuke, Kyoto, 1977, pl. 579.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. London, 15 mai 2013