A large blue and white porcelain deep charger. Wanli Period

A large blue and white porcelain deep charger. Wanli Period

Potted with a foliate rim and painted in pale shades of cobalt with cusped reserves of flowers, birds and insects filling the cavetto while auspicious cranes stand beneath a pine tree in an elaborately framed roundel filling the floor of the well, the exterior walls freely painted with birds on flowering branches, the foot and recessed base unglazed (chip, glaze frits). 17in (43cm) diameter - Estimate: $2,500 - 5,000

Bonhams. Asian Decorative Arts, 23 Mar 2009. 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco www.bonhams.cvom (Copyright © 2002-2009 Bonhams 1793 Ltd., Images and Text All Rights Reserved