* TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE * A SET OF FIVE CHINESE UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND ENAMELLED SERVING DISHES, MING DYNASTY, CHONGZHEN PERIOD, 1628 – 1644 明崇祯 五彩人物圖纹碟一组 五件 Each circular lobed dish painted to the interior with a figure carrying a bundle on a staff balanced on his shoulder, walking beneath a blossoming tree on the bank of a turbulent river, Japanese wood box (6) Diameter: 21cm Provenance: Mujintang Collection, purchased in Kyoto 2013 Exhibited: Robert Bradlow Fine Art, Reflecting Nature, 17th Century Chinese Ceramics for the Japanese Market: Kosometsuke & Koake, Catalogue no.22. For a similar dish, see Christie’s London, The Peony Pavilion Collection, 12th June 1989, lot 316. Condition Report One dish has a 5 and an 8mm glaze firing line to the rim and kiln grit adhered around the foot ring; another dish has two 8mm long firing lines to the base, a 1.5cm glaze firing line to the interior and some kiln grit around the foot ring; another dish has a 1mm shallow rim chip, some scratches and rubbing to the iron-red decoration, and some kiln grit adhered to the foot ring; another has some light rubbing to the iron-red decoration and some kiln grit around the foot ring; and the other dish has some scratches to the enamels, a 5mm diameter flake to the green enamel and kiln grit around the foot ring.