A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN 'GRASSHOPPER' DISHES, WANLIChina, 1573-1619. Each dish with shallow rounded sides rising from a short ring foot to a foliate lobed rim. Painted to the well with a medallion enclosing a grasshopper amid flowers and leaves, the interior sides molded in relief with peaches, leaves, and ruyi-shaped clouds. (2)Provenance: Formerly in a notable English private collection. Condition: Absolutely perfect condition with only very minor wear and firing irregularities.Weight: 249.6 g (total)Dimensions: Diameter 15.6 cm (each)Literature comparison: Compare with a closely related dish in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, object number AK-MAK-621.Auction result comparison: Compare with a related dish, dated to the Tianqi period (1621-1627), sold together with a bowl, at Sotheby's London in Chinese Ceramics from the Collection of Peter and Nancy Thompson on 7 November 2012, lot 57, sold for GBP 13,750. This dish was also exhibited in Chinese Ceramics of the Transitional Period (circa 1620-1680 A.D.) from the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Peter Thompson, Hull University, Hull, 1985, cat. no. 82.萬曆青花花卉湖石蚱蜢圖盤 中國,1573-1619年。盤心繪一蚱蜢停在湖石上,旁邊是菊花等花卉。盤內壁可見如意形開光,裡面似繪雜寶紋。外壁大小開光相隔,大開光內繪花卉。 來源:英國貴族私人收藏 品相:絕對完美的狀態,只有極少的磨損和燒制不規則現象。 重量:縂249.6 克 尺寸:直徑各15.6 厘米 文獻比較:阿姆斯特丹Rijksmuseum博物館, 藏品編號 AK-MAK-621。 拍賣結果比較:一件相似的明熹宗時期圖盤,與一個碗一同售于倫敦蘇富比 Chinese Ceramics from the Collection of Peter and Nancy Thompson拍場,2012年11月 7日,lot 57,售價GBP 13,750。此盤曾在Hull University Chinese Ceramics of the Transitional Period (circa 1620-1680 A.D.) from the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Peter Thompson展覽中展出,Hull,1985,圖錄號82。