A CHINESE WUCAI SMALL PLATE

CHONGZHENG 1628-1644

Painted with a monkey beneath a peach tree beside lingzhi, and with a deer recumbent amongst rocks, a bird and small insects in flight above, a geometric border to the rim, a six character Chenghua mark to the base, 20.2cm.

Cf. R Kilburn, Transitional Wares and Their Forerunners, p.139, no.162.