An Enamelled Porcelain Bowl

CHINA, ZHANGZHOU KILNS, FUJIAN PROVINCE, MING DYNASTY (16TH CENTURY)

细节

An Enamelled Porcelain Bowl
China, Zhangzhou kilns, Fujian province, Ming dynasty (16th century)
Used for serving meals in Japanese tea practice, circular, set on a high ring foot and decorated in red and green enamels over the transparent glaze with cherry boughs on the interior centering the Chinese character for "harmony," enamelled on the exterior walls with pheasants and flowers
6¾in. (17.2cm.) diameter; 2¾in. (6.9cm.) high

荣誉呈献

Katsura Yamaguchi

kyamaguchi@christies.com 212-636-2160

拍品专文

Ceramics of this type, commonly known as Swatow ware (Gosu in Japanese), were imported to Japan for use as serving vessels for food in Japanese tea events (chanoyu). Louise Allison Cort illustrates a similar bowl recently excavated in Kyoto in her "Shopping for Pots in Momoyama Japan," in Morgan Pitelka, ed., Japanese Tea Culture (London and New York: Routledge Curzon, 2003), fig. 3.8.