Gosu-Akae Dish with Design of Bird and Flower（Ming Dynasty）

Product Code

240307-1

Period

Ming Dynasty
Early 17th century

Weight

515g

Diameter

22.1cm

Height

4.1cm

Bottom Diameter

10.5cm

Description

Old Wooden Box

Condition

Excellent Condition

The coloring and firing are good, and it is in excellent condition.

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Gosu-Akae

Gosu-akae refers to the overglaze enamels porcelain that were fired at the zhangzhou kiln in china, mainly during the late ming dynasty. The style is said to have been developed from the ko-akae and kinrande of the jingdezhen kiln. Basically, blue and white is not used, and a thick milky white devitrified glaze is applied inside and outside. The overglaze is based on red, with green and blue added, and the relaxed depiction gives a sense of style. On rare occasions, the red bead design is overlaid with gold leaf. Because the works were fired with large particles of sand, which is strong in iron, placed on the bottom, there may be sand attached to the bottom. There are also examples of compositions depicting japanese characters for “Tenkaichi” and arabic characters, indicating that the main commercial areas were southeast asia and japan. Among them, gosu-akae is preferred and prized in japan, and japanese master of tea ceremony especially value the tamatori lion bowl and sakigakede bowl.

Gosude

Gosude refers to the crude porcelain that were fired at the zhangzhou kiln in china, mainly during the late ming dynasty. Works such as gosu-akae, gosu-sometsuke, and mochihanade are known, and the main trading area was southeast asia and japan. In europe and the united states, it is called “Swatow Ware” after its export port, shantou port in guangdong province. The most likely theory is that during the edo period, southern china was called “Go” so it came to be called “Gosude” meaning pottery from southern china.