Property from an International Private Collector
A small blue and white porcelain deep dish with auspicious deer decoration
18th century
The deer depicted amid bamboo, garden rocks and lingzhi fungus surrounded by a flame-like band of solid cobalt across the shallow curving well beneath a celadon-tinged glaze covering all surfaces except the wide foot pad, the recessed base bearing a three-character maker's mark possibly reading mao-shi [chun] (chips, hairline cracks).
6 7/8in (17.5cm) diameter
Estimate:
US$ 1,000 - 1,500
£660 - 1,000
780 - 1,200
Category:
Asian Art
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