Description Of lobed form with foliate rim, unusually painted to the interior centre with a scene of two Kingfisher birds in a rocky blossoming cherry and peonies branches, surrounded by a band of perched birds variously amongst chrysanthemum, lotus, prunus and peony flowers, and the low rim with four cartouches with fishes on a flower-strewn seeded green ground, the exterior with pairs of peony sprigs alternate with blossoming cherry. In good conditions, minor fritting and firing imperfections.
36 cm long., 28,2 cm wide., 7,1 cm high
Provenance: from the private collection of a Lady in south of Italy, and thence descendants