Preliminary identification
Photo reference
5 uploaded photos
Overview
These shallow porcelain dishes have wonderfully lively cobalt-painted floral centers, scrolling borders, and ribbon-like motifs around their rims. Their irregular edges, freely brushed decoration, and small square underside marks are consistent with wares collected in Japan as ko-sometsuke, but do not establish their age.
Story
In 17th-century Japan, tea practitioners prized Chinese porcelain that looked spontaneous rather than flawless. Ko-sometsuke dishes brought lively brushwork—and sometimes imperfect rims—into carefully composed meals.
Maker / Origin
The maker is unidentified. Chinese blue-and-white production involved specialized workers preparing porcelain, shaping vessels, painting cobalt decoration, glazing, and firing—a coordinated workshop craft rather than necessarily one artist's work.
Condition & Value
Both dishes show irregular rim losses or glaze erosion, brown spotting, and visible hairline cracks; the right dish has a particularly clear crack extending from its rim. Some edge irregularity may be firing-related, but the cracks reduce resale appeal.
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Comparable demand stays strongest where maker, originality, and venue confidence line up. Broader examples still trade, but the range tightens quickly when provenance, condition, or selling lane fit is missing.
Best Venue
Specialty auction or a focused dealer with buyers already in this lane.
Signed example with light edge wear and original frame.
Comparable format with stronger provenance and cleaner surface.
Smaller related piece with visible craquelure and trimmed margins.
Period match with softer condition and weaker subject matter.
Close market lane comp with similar material and presentation.