* TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE * A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN BIWA-SHAPED MUKOZUKE TRIPOD SERVING DISH, MING DYNASTY, TIANQI PERIOD, 1621 – 1627 明天晵 青花琵琶三足碟 The rounded sides rising from three short feet to a slightly everted rim, painted to the interior with insects and flowers and the strings of the instrument, Japanese wood box (2) Length: 19.6cm Provenance: Mujintang Collection, purchased in Tokyo 2014 Exhibited: Robert Bradlow Fine Art, Reflecting Nature, 17th Century Chinese Ceramics for the Japanese Market: Kosometsuke & Koake, Catalogue no.12. Condition Report The dish has fritting to most of the rim, and some scattered tiny pieces of kiln grit to the interior.