A pair of Chinese wucai hexagonal dishes

A pair of Chinese wucai hexagonal dishes, finely carved with rockwork and painted with flowering peony branches, leaves and grassy sprays, the rims with a brown wash, each with a four character seal mark fu tian xia taiping (happiness and universal peace), Chongzhen 1628-1644, 14.5cm. (2) Cf. Sir Michael Butler, Chinese Porcelain at the end of the Ming dynasty, 3rd April 1984, Transactions of the Oriental Ceramics Society, 1983-84, vol.48 for a similar dish.