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Ming Dynasty Kosometsuke Ware Porcelain Bowl treebarkfibreskirt More than utilitarian toolsLate Ming Dynasty, Tianqi Period (16201627), Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China This exquisite blue and white porcelain bowl, crafted in the renowned kilns of Jingdezhen, represents the Kosometsuke () tradition, a style of underglaze blue porcelain made exclusively for the Japanese market during the reign of Emperor Tianqi (16211628). Intended for use in the Japanese tea ceremony, this piece exemplifies the asymmetrical, expressive, and often