Blue and white Chinese charger dish, circular, with barbed petal form rim; repeating floral and diaper border enclosing a central image of flowering peony shrub and double rock or fungus, flying birds and insects, all encircled by a repeating flowering shrub design. Prunus design to underside. 13 1/2" diameter, 2"H. Chinese, Qing Dynasty, 18th century. Provenance: Private Middle Tennessee collection. Acquired by consignor's grandfather in The Hague in the early 1900s. (Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com.)