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A blue and white dish, Tianqi/Chongzhen, 17th Century.

Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 SEK
713 - 891 EUR
728 - 910 USD
Hammer price
7 500 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
A blue and white dish, Tianqi/Chongzhen, 17th Century.

Decorated in blue and white with a riverscape and a poem. Diameter 15 cm.

Firingspots.

Literature

The poem is by a famous poet by the name Chang Chi wo lived during the Tang Dynasty. The poem can be translated to - From the Han Shan Temple, by the city wall of Ku-Su, the the chime of the bells, reaches the travellers boat at midnight.

KuSu is the city Soochow, about 1 hour from Shanghai. The Han Shan Temple (Cold Mountain Temple) is still there.