A WUCAI 'FLOWER AND BUTTERFLY' DISH, JIAJING MARK AND PERIOD | 明嘉靖 五彩蝶戀花紋盌 《大明嘉靖年製》款

A WUCAI 'FLOWER AND BUTTERFLY' DISH

JIAJING MARK AND PERIOD

明嘉靖 五彩蝶戀花紋盌 《大明嘉靖年製》款

of square shape, robustly potted with wide flaring sides raised on a slightly tapered foot, the interior painted with four butterflies hovering above large blooming peonies issuing from leafy branches beside a large garden rock, surrounded by four petal-shaped cartouches each enclosing a dragon in flight at the cavetto, the exterior similarly decorated, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark in underglaze blue 

Width 17.3 cm, 6¾ in.