A blue and white 'flower basket' dish, Mark and period of Wanli | 明萬曆 青花花籃紋盤 《大明萬曆年製》款

A blue and white 'flower basket' dish

Mark and period of Wanli

明萬曆 青花花籃紋盤 《大明萬曆年製》款

the center painted in shades of dark blue with an arrangement of varying blooms in an arched-handled basket, the cavetto with fans, leaves, pomegranate and waterweed all between double-line borders, the exterior with flowering boughs and insects, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle

Diameter 6⅝ in., 16.7 cm