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Lot 49
A Large Japanese Sometsuke Blue and White Charger
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Edo period (1615-1868), porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue with a center circular decoration of the "Three Friends of Winter" (Shochikubai) of pine, bamboo, and plum, the pine represents strength, the bamboo represents longevity, and the plum represents perseverance, decorated with swirls to underside, and an apocryphal Chenghua six character mark.

Diameter 14 5/8 in.

Minor rim chip.