Tomioka Tessai (1837-1924) & Hakuzan (dates unnown) Nanga/sometsuke Set of 5 dishes - dozara: Autumn breeze - Aki kazeSigned: Tessai sho & Hakuzan sei Seals: Tomioka Technique: Kyoyaki sometsuke (Seikaji) - Translucent blue and white porcelain with a hand painted cobalt blue underglaze decoration. Ø 14 Condition: one dish with a crackled hair line in the glaze, otherwise fine The poem reads: 夜座不厭湖上月 日光不厭湖上山 何處秋風至 一艇畔居歸。 At night I can’t quit sitting and [watch] the moon at the lake, in the sun light I can’t quit looking at the [reflection] of the mountains on the lake. From where comes this sudden autumn breeze blown in? A small boat returns to the house at the shore. (Translation: HK & MR) The first stanza is a variant on lines from a poem by Zhang Wei (Tang dynasty), included in the Complete Tang Poems. The third line is the first line of a poem by Qiu feng yin by Liu Yuxi (772-842). Price: ON REQUEST |