A Chinese blue and white Kosometsuke dish, Tianqi period (1621-1627), decorated with a dignitary on a mule with attendant arriving at a fortress, the moon rising in the background behind a mountain, the rim with blue crenellations. 3 cm high, 15.5 cm diameter. Provenance: The Genine Wallinga collection. Other notes: J. B. Curtis, trade taste & Transformation: Jingdezhen porcelain for Japan 1620-1645, 2006, plate 74 and Christie's, the peony pavilion collection: Chinese tea ceramics for Japan (c. 1580-1650), 1989, pages 90 and 91.