A PAIR OF WUCAI, KO-AKAI, HEXAGONAL SAUCER DISHES TIANQI, 16...

A PAIR OF WUCAI, KO-AKAI, HEXAGONAL SAUCER DISHES TIANQI, 1621-1627 五彩花卉纹碟一对 天启 1621-1627 painted with a bird, perched amongst flowering camellia and aster above rockwork, encircled by a border of prunus branches, the brown-dressed rim with indented corners, the base with an underglaze blue fu mark, "happiness", within a double square 15 cm diameter PROVENANCE: Fujishima family, Japan A related example is illustrated by Teresa Capena and Katharine Butler in 'Leaping the Dragon Gate', The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Porcelain, 2021, III.1.282 p 157.

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