Raised on three sturdy U-shaped feet, decorated in underglaze blue with three deer excited by two horses galloping towards them across rocky promontories, set in a mountainous landscape with trees, three birds fly overhead, above which are two lines of calligraphy, reading; mu shi yu, lu ma yu you ‘’Living with wood and stone; travelling with deer and horse”, the rim of the dish washed in blue, the outside border with a cross hatched border. Period: 1630’s. Length: 27.5 cm.