Lot 1039. A wucai 'hen and chicks' dish, Chongzhen-Shunzhi period (1628-1661); 20.9 cm diam, Japanese wood box. Price realised USD 10,080 (Estimate USD 6,000 – USD 8,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2023

Note: A similar 'hen and chicks' dish (21 cm. diam.) in the Butler Family Collection is illustrated in Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, Virginia, 1990, p. 67. no. 29, where it states that the distinctive design is based on the woodblock illustrations in the Cao ben shu pu (The Grass Poetry Manual) published in 1621.