Arts d'Asie

A blue and white ko-sometsuke 'trefoil' stembowl, Ming dynasty, Tianqi period

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June 11, 12:00 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 4,000 EUR

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Description

Japanese wood box (2)

Diameter 14.3 cm, 5⅝ in.

Japanese Private Collection.

Tanisho, Tokyo.

This rare stembowl was used for serving food during the tea ceremony. Compare an identical piece from the same set preserved in the Itsuo Art Museum, Ikeda, illustrated in Masahiko Kawahara, Ko-sometsuke, Monochrome Section, 1977, p. 102, cat. no. 389; and another from the same set published in Zenta Nobuyo, Kosometsuke and Shonzui, Kyoto, 2023, cat. no. 82.

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