Chinese porcelain plate decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with deer and ducks, Wanli reign, Ming dynasty.

Chinese export porcelain plate with scalloped rim decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) in the centre with two deer amongst vegetation and on the rim with pairs of ducks, c. 1580, Wanli reign, Ming dynasty, d. 20,5 cm, 8¼ in. 1-15210

Illustrated: Yuan to Qing Ceramics, by A. Varela Santos, 2016/2017, cat. 08.

Literature: Kraak Porcelain, by M. Rinaldi, pp. 78/79, plates 53/54 for two similar plates one from the author’s collection and the other at the Santos Palace in Lisboa, Portugal, today the French Embassy.

中國外銷瓷青花褶壁葵口盤，盤心繪叢中雙鹿，內壁則繪鴨子成雙，約1580年，明萬曆，直徑20.5釐米，8¼英吋。

圖例：《元代至清代陶瓷》，作者阿.瓦瑞拉.桑托斯，目录 08。

參考文獻：《克拉克瓷》，作者M. Rinaldi，參見78-79頁作者收藏兩隻相似的盤子及葡萄牙里斯本 桑托 斯宮殿(現法國大使館)藏另一隻盤子。