D. 13cm×13cm H.3cm
17th century, Ming dynasty, China
Flowers and birds are painted with red, yellow, and green glazes. Although the composition is similar, each piece is painted in a slightly different way, creating a different atmosphere that is enjoyable to look at.
In the late Ming Dynasty in China, the Jingdezhen private kilns produced pottery known as kozenzuke, shozui, and Nanjing red glaze, which came to Japan. In Japan in the early Edo period, there was a trend for tea masters to have new and innovative tea ceremony utensils and eating and drinking utensils ordered and fired, and it is thought that tea ceremony utensils and eating and drinking utensils to the Japanese taste were ordered from China.
The rim of this piece has what is known as "mushikui," or bursting of the glaze.
The same hand is shown in a book "懐石の器 向付様様" (the publisher:Maria Shobo).
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