A BLUE AND WHITE SCHOLAR'S SAUCER DISH China, Hongwu four-character mark, 17th ct. D. 13 cm Vigorously painted with a scholar and page boy on a mountain top, the exterior with floral sprays and birds, the base with an apocryphal Hongwu reign mark. Old South German private collection, collected before 2007 - Formerly Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Clark Collection Exhibited and published International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London, 1935-36, no. 2574 - OCS Exhibition Ming Blue and White, London, 1940, no. 77 Rim very slightly chipped