A Chinese blue and white 'Longevity' dish, Ming Dynasty, Transitional, early 17th century, the centre well painted with scholars seated under a pine tree with three peaches on a low table, one figure holds a vajra and a further scholar with a fly whisk beyond, a boy attendant making tea in the foreground, surrounded by rocks, clouds, with bamboo, a stork and a sika deer, the cavetto painted with auspicious symbols of formal lotus flowers and stems, the underside painted with gnarled stems and ‘Three Friends of Winter’ symbolising steadfastness, perseverance, and resilience, double line circle in underglaze blue, 31.7cm diameter 明17世纪早期 青花四君子图大盘