A large blue and white porcelain deep charger. Wanli Period

Potted with a foliate rim and painted in pale shades of cobalt with cusped reserves of flowers, birds and insects filling the cavetto while auspicious cranes stand beneath a pine tree in an elaborately framed roundel filling the floor of the well, the exterior walls freely painted with birds on flowering branches, the foot and recessed base unglazed (chip, glaze frits). 17in (43cm) diameter - Estimate: $5,000 - 7,000  (Copyright © 2002-2008 Bonhams 1793 Ltd., Images and Text All Rights Reserved) 

Bonhams. Fine Asian Works of Art, 23 Jun 2008. 220 San Bruno Avenue, San Francisco - www.bonhams.com