Two Chinese ko-sometsuke porcelain dishes decorated in enamels from the famille verte (wucai) palette enamels with a standing figure, Chongzhen.

Two fine and rare Chinese ko-sometsuke porcelain square dishes decorated in translucent enamels from the famille verte (wucai) palette enamels with a standing figure, base with a shop mark in underglaze cobalt blue, rims with brown glaze, Chongzhen (1627-1644), Ming dynasty, 9,5x9,5 cm; 3¾ x 3¾ in. 9-19203 / 9-19204

Provenance: Eileen Lesouëf, no. 858, Paris.

Literature:

• Seventeen Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family collection, by Sir M. Butler, M. Medley and S. Little, 1990 Art Services International, p. 57, cat. 19 a / b dated c. 1620/30 and p.59, dated c. 1621/27 cat. 21 for saucer-plates with d. 16 cm, 6¼ in, with a single figure decorated in wucai and under-glaze cobalt blue; p. 66, cat. 28 for a square dish with the same form;

• The Hong Kong Museum has a pair of similar square dishes but with a different personage and identical border, with a two-character Daguang mark on base, also dated Chongzhen.

一對精美而罕見的中國古染付（ko-sometsuke）粉彩方碟，繪有人像，器底帶青花商家款，口沿施棕釉，明崇禎（1627-1644年），9.5x9.5厘米；3¾x3¾吋。

藏品出處：Eileen Lesouëf，編號858。

參考文獻：《Butler家族收藏的十七世紀中國瓷器》，作者M. Butler、M. Medley及S. Little，1990年國際藝術服務公司出版，參見第57頁編號19a / b年代為1620/30及第59頁編號21年代為1621/27的青花五彩人像瓷盤；以及第66頁編號28器形類似的瓷盤。