A group of four blue and white export dishesLate Ming
Including three similar deep dishes, each with a chrysanthemum petal pattern molded to the thin curving walls that surround a central roundel of an eagle perched on a rock beneath a tree, the glazes displaying very faint gray-green cast; the fourth molded with a flared rim to the deep well centered with a tree branch and towering rock surrounding deer and lingzhi fungus, the recessed base inscribed with the characters mei yu within a double ring (chips).
7 7/8 to 8 1/4in (20 to 21cm) diam. (4).注脚Provenance:
Property from a San Francisco Estate