"A Blue And White Dish Ko-sometsuke L Ming"
A blue and white Ko-sometsuke dish decorated in the centre with a bouquet of lotus tied with a ribbon. The rim with folded and open fans between precious symbols. The base with a character mark probably ‘ya’ (elegance). Tianqi C1620-27.Diameter; 6″ (15.2 cm).
Condition; usual fritting.
The folding fan was a Japanese invention and was a popular import to China.
See The Peony Pavilion Collection' No 279 for another Ko-sometsuke dish decorated with fans.
See ‘Leaping The Dragon Gate’ The Sir Michael Butler Collection, III.1.187 P 148, for a Ko-sometsuke dish with a similar lotus bouquet
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