A Chinese blue and white Kosometsuke hare dish Tianqi 1621-1627
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The centre with a white hare on a blue ground. Surrounded with four panels of keyfret, Y pattern and diaper pattern. Conjoined coins to well with a foliate scroll rim. The reverse with insects and flower sprays and Chenghua six character mark. 21cm diam. For reference see leaping dragon gate. The Sir Michael Butler collection of Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain. Page 150 Plate 111.1202.
