each painted with a mythical bird standing on one foot and looking back, underneath a band decorated on the cavetto with auspicious motifs with ribbons, flowers and foliage, further decorated the back, one marked (largest: 15.4cm diameter) Footnote: Provenance: Private Scottish collection, has been collecting Asian ceramics for 25 years Note: One (client's inventory no. 62) acquired from Denis Young Antiques, Bath, on 15 July 1999, with a photocopied handwritten receipt stating the piece dated to Ming Dynasty; another (client's inventory no. 17) acquired from Denis Young Antiques and Books, Perthshire, with an original undated handwritten receipt stating the piece dated to Ming Dynasty, 16th century