BFE 17 A set of five blue and white dishes

明崇禎 一組五件青花瓷盤

Chongzhen, c. 1628-1640

The dishes have rounded sides moulded with waved panels and lobed rims. Each dish is painted with a central roundel of a spray of peony enclosed by a reserve-decorated border showing two fans, chrysanthemun heads  and cranes in flight. The cavetto of each dish is painted with a radiating motif of alternating flowers and bamboo, various geometric designs and plain blue and white panels, all below a zigzag border at the rim. The reverse is left white , the base has a sealmark fu within a double square
21 cm diameter

Provenance: Formerly in a Japanese private collection
                     Acquired from J.A.N. Fine Art, London 

BFE 17 明崇禎 一組五件青花瓷盤
時代：明崇禎，西元1628至1640年。
特徵：波浪形開光搭配葉狀盤緣，每件盤內的外層開光均裝飾花竹，內層有扇子、菊花與鶴，盤心則畫牡丹。盤底有一位於雙重方框內的「福」字底款。
尺寸：直徑21公分。
來源：原日本私人收藏。購於倫敦J.A.N. Fine Art。