A Japanese blue and white plate, 18th-19th century, of lobed circular form, moulded with a scholar kneeling in front of a lady in a garden in low relief, inscribed with a Chinese poem 'Spring Dawn' by the Tang poet Meng Haoran, Fuku mark to base, 21.5cm diameter, inscribed Tomobako 'Spring Dawn' by Meng Haoran translated by Stephen Owen Sleeping in spring, unaware of the dawn, Then everywhere I hear birds singing. Last night, the sound of wind and the rain – Flowers have fallen, I wonder how many. See Stephen Owen, 'The Great Age of Chinese Poetry: The High Tang', New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1981, p.86.
A Japanese blue and white plate, 18th-19th century, of lobed circular form, moulded with a scholar kneeling in front of a lady in a garden in low relief, inscribed with a Chinese poem 'Spring Dawn' by the Tang poet Meng Haoran, Fuku mark to base, 21.5cm diameter, inscribed Tomobako 'Spring Dawn' by Meng Haoran translated by Stephen Owen Sleeping in spring, unaware of the dawn, Then everywhere I hear birds singing. Last night, the sound of wind and the rain – Flowers have fallen, I wonder how many. See Stephen Owen, 'The Great Age of Chinese Poetry: The High Tang', New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1981, p.86.
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