A Matched Set of Ten Chinese Lobed Ko-Sometsuke Dishes for the Japanese Market, 17th Century
十七世紀古染付青花葵口碟一套十件

17th Century

Each molded as an eight-lobed yukiwa form, with cobalt blue karakusa scroll border, centered by a similar eight-lobed reserve within a fukizumi spatter ground, nine of the ten dishes with rosettes surrounding the center; Japanese wood box with old labels.

Diameter 6 1/2 in., 16.5 cm.

Property from the collection of Mr. Preston Barski, Pitman, New Jersey.

This lot is located in New York.

Provenance:

Formerly in the collection of Professor Goro Shimura, Princeton, New Jersey.

Property from the collection of Mr. Preston Barski, Pitman, New Jersey.

Published:

SHIMURA, Goro. The Story of Imari: The Symbols and Mysteries of Antique Japanese Porcelain. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2008, pp. 38-39, fig. 16 (one dish from the set illustrated), where the author discusses the lobed motif, which he identifies as a yukiwa (snow ring).

來源：

日裔數學家志村五郎（1930-2019）舊藏（普林斯頓大學名譽教授，主要研究數論、自守形式及算術幾何。在數學上的貢獻包括志村簇及阿貝耳簇的複數乘法。曾和谷山豐共同提出谷山-志村猜想，是解決費馬最後定理的核心）。

新澤西州皮特曼市Preston Barski先生藏。

著錄：

志村五郎主編2008年伯克利出版《伊萬裏故事：日本古陶瓷符號學》，第38-39頁。

A Matched Set of Ten Chinese Lobed Ko-Sometsuke Dishes for the Japanese Market, 17th Century 十七世紀 古染付青花葵口碟一套十件

A Matched Set of Ten Chinese Lobed Ko-Sometsuke Dishes for the Japanese Market, 17th Century 十七世紀 古染付青花葵口碟一套十件

**A Matched Set of Ten Chinese Lobed Ko-Sometsuke Dishes for the Japanese Market, 17th Century
十七世紀古染付青花葵口碟一套十件**

**A Matched Set of Ten Chinese Lobed Ko-Sometsuke Dishes for the Japanese Market, 17th Century
十七世紀古染付青花葵口碟一套十件**