Possible Ming Dynasty, of deep saucer shape, the inside painted with a stem of bamboo and branches of pine and prunus forming the 'three friends', the blossoms reserved in white against haloes of blue, the sides with a composite flower scroll, with a scrolling grass rim border, the exterior similarly painted with a flowers scroll above and key-fret below, the base and footring unglazed and fired an orange tone. Body with six-character Xuande mark. Diameter 13 in., Height 3 in.