A near pair of Chinese blue and white Ko-Sometsuke saucer dishes Ming Dynasty – Tianqi period 1621-27
£850
Both decorated in underglaze blue with a deer below a Pine tree with a crane in flight above. One dish with Chenghua mark to base. Crane, deer and pine are symbols of longevity. 20.5cm diam. Reference – Two dishes of this design are illustrated in the book Leaping the Dragon Gate. The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain. Page 102. Plate 111.1.55. (A089)



