Square Shaped 17C Chinese Porcelain Ming Period Dish Famille Verte Wucai - Plate - Porcelain

Sharing with you this lovely and unusual square serving dish from the late Ming period. Jingdezhen made for the Japanese market, Ming dynasty, Tianqi or Chongzhen period (1621-1644) . Must have been part of a set of 5 for the Kaiseki meal.

Central garden scene of a bird on a branch with blossoming flowers and rocks underneath it. In verte/wucai palette.

There are many similar items pictured in the litererature, for example Peony Pavillion and the Butler collection. See pictures.

The dish measures 132mm in diameter and 35mm high

Condition
Overall Condition; Just some ware to enamel

Period
17th century Ming (1368 - 1620)