A BLUE AND WHITE KO-SOMETSUKE TEAPOT AND COVER Late Ming Dynasty The teapot of squat shape body rising to a tall, wide neck, set to one side with a spout and surmounted by an arched handle, painted to the exterior with a continuous scene of two elders on horsebacks amid a landscape with clouds, trees, and rocky outcrops, with a fitted cover topped with an ear-shaped knop and cut away both on both sides to accommodate the handle. 19.8cm (7 3/4in) high. (2). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 明晚期 青花人物圖蓋壺 Provenance: acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, in November 2006 (label and collector's notes) Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: M.White, Drinking at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Whites' House collection, vol.2, n.p, 2021, p.46 (Published and Illustrated) The Oriental Ceramic Society, China Without Dragons: Rare Pieces from Oriental Ceramic Society Members, London, 2016, p.218, no.128 The Museum of East Asian Art Museum, Chinese Ceramics and the Early Modern World, Bath, 4 September 2010-6 March 2011 (exhibited) (collector's notes) 來源：獲得于倫敦古董商R & G McPherson Antiques，2006年11月（標簽和藏家筆記） 展覽著錄：M.White，《Drinking at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Whites' House collection》，第2冊，無出版地，2021年，第46頁（著錄） 東方陶瓷學會，《龍隱: 英國東方陶瓷學會會員珍稀藏品展圖錄》，倫敦，2016年，第218頁，編號128 東亞藝術博物館，《Chinese Ceramics and the Early Modern World》，英國巴斯，2010年9月4日至2011年3月6日（展覽）（藏家筆記） The term ko-sometsuke, meaning 'old blue-and-white,' in Japanese, is used to describe Chinese porcelains produced primarily for the Japanese market from the late Ming into the early Qing periods. These wares were highly prized in Japan for their loose and expressive underglaze cobalt decoration and often reflect Japanese tastes in form, proportion, and decorative motifs, while retaining distinctly Chinese technical and artistic characteristics. See a blue and white teapot of similar shape, Tianqi, illustrated in Transitional Wares and Their Forerunners, Hong Kong, 1981, no.139. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing