Lot 1339. A large blue and white 'Deer and Cranes' dish, Jiajing period (1522-1566); 16 in. (40.5 cm) diam. Estimate USD 12,000 - USD 18,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018

The dish is heavily potted with rounded sides and is decorated on the interior with a central roundel of a pair of deer and a pair of cranes with a fence in the background, all below two fruiting peach trees alternating with two trees with spreading branches in the well. Two further fruiting peach branches extend around the exterior between two squirrels on a small, fruit-laden peach branch. The base is unglazed, Japanese wood box. 

Provenance: Ira (1913-2004) and Nancy (1915-2005) Koger Collection.
Property of the Jacksonville Art Museum; Sotheby's New York, 1-2 June 1993, lot 308.
Private collection, Japan.

Literature: J. Ayers, Koger Collection, London, 1985, p. 88, no. 63.