Of circular form with flaring rim and short tapering foot, decorated in shades of underglaze blue, the central medallion with a design of four interlinked ruyi-heads, the cavetto with eight Buddhist symbols supported on lingzhi, the reverse decorated with two bagua roundels and six cranes in flight amidst clouds, the glazed base with the six-character mark of Jiajing in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period. Period: Jiajing (1522?1566). Diameter: 14.5 cm.