Lobed rim, decorated in underglaze blue with the three friends, lotus, pine and cherry tree. The reverse decorated with a continuous lotus scroll. The base with a six character mark of Jiajing within a double underglaze blue circle. Diameter 15 cm.
Small rimcracks, chips, firingspots.
Label, Carl Kempe, lot 772.
From the collection of Mr Liljenberg Hansson, a long time member of the British Oriental Ceramics Society who started to collect Chinese Works of Art in the 1970's.