Lot 92. A blue and white 'Zhangzhou' 'deer' dish, Ming dynasty, late 16th century; 41.5 cm, 16 3/8  in. Estimate £3,000 - £5,000. © Sotheby's.

the rounded sides rising from a tapering foot to an everted barbed rim, painted to the interior with deer in a landscape with bamboo and pine, the rim painted with a border of pagodas in a river landscape, the exterior with lotus and peach sprays.

Provenance: Collection of Max Robertson.

Literature: Margaret Medley, Apollo, June 1971, p. 454, fig. 12. 
Margaret Medley, The Chinese Potter, London, 1976, pl. 181.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 7 November 2018, 10:30 AM