CHINE pour le JAPON - XVIIe siècle - Lot 343

Lot n° 343
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CHINE pour le JAPON - XVIIe siècle - Lot 343
CHINE pour le JAPON - XVIIe siècle Rare set of three porcelain tea cups for the Ko - Akae tea ceremony in the shape of a diamond decorated in polychrome Wucai enamels with a seated Buddha in a landscape. On the reverse side, a stylized wish mark in blue underglaze. About 1625-1640 L : 18,5 cm Chinese porcelain intended for export to Japan during the first half of the 17th century The Chinese porcelains exported to Japan during the first half of the 17th century, mainly in the years 1620-1645, were called Kosometsuke when they were decorated in blue underglaze and Ko-Akae when they were painted in polychrome enamels on glaze (wucai). They were most of the time intended to be used during the Tea Ceremony in Japan. ceremony in Japan, a very codified ceremony. We can see some of them at the Baur Foundation in Geneva Geneva, but also for example at the Metropolitan Museum in New-York.
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