M5625
£5,850
Description
Chinese porcelain ko-akai small saucer dish painted with a bird perched on a flowering camellia branch with green leaves beneath a sun and swirling iron-red clouds, encircled by an iron-red line, the underside with stylised precious objects.
The base with a four-character mark of Tianqi within a double ring in underglaze blue and of the period, 1620-1627.
6 3/8 inches, 16.2 cm diameter.
Tianqi, 1620-1627.
Provenance & Additional Information
- From an old Japanese private collection.
- From Matsuzawa, Tokyo.
Condition
Rim frits, mushikui.
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