Rare Ca 1600-1660 Chinese Porcelain Ming Period Kosometsuke Bowl Copper Red

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Condition Report: 2 or 3 chips and some fritting to rim. 5 lines (of which 1 is very small and only visible on the underside). Size 18.3x5CM DiameterxHeight

Shallow Bowl

Porcelain with underglaze blue and underglaze red decor.

Ming dynasty, Tianqi or Chongzhen period (1621-1644)

Sharing with you this lovely shallow bowl from the early 17th century. It is marked with a 4 character mark at the base, partly covered by sand, and from Tianqi/Chongzhen period. Jingdezhen made for the Japanese market. It was probably used for the traditional Kaiseki meal.⁠
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This is the meal served in the context of chanoyu (Japanese tea ceremony). It precedes the serving of the tea at a formal tea function (chaji). The basic constituents of a cha-kaiseki meal are the ichijū sansai or “one soup, three side dishes”, and the rice, plus the following: suimono, hassun, yutō, and kōnomono. ⁠
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Both blue (nice dark cobalt) en copper red are underglaze. With a fantastic scene of different kind of flowers.⁠

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