Vietnamese Bleu de Hue Porcelain Dish W/Seven Scholars Forest Scene & Four Character Marking (From a Vietnamese Royal Family) - This porcelain dish is elaborately decorated in a vivid blue underglaze with an ornate forest scene depicting seven scholars. The plate also bears a calligraphy inscription above the scene, and the bottom of the plate is undecorated and bears a four character marking in underglazed blue. This piece has excellent investment potential, as it is thought by experts around the world and avid collectors that due to the rapid modernization of Vietnam, Vietnamese antiques will within the next ten years be more valuable than Chinese antiques. According to some of the most expert collectors in the world, what ed to sell for hundreds are now selling for tens of thoands. This piecees from the estate of a Vietnamese Royal Family (the family now lives in the United States, and wishes to remain private as they still have relatives living in Vietnam). Measurements: 6.75" diameter x 1"H.