Boldly decorated in a deep underglaze blue, the centre with an eight-pointed panel containing a censer of auspicious symbols and flowers within a fenced garden, ruyi-heads at the eight corners of the scene separating panels of swastika and fish-roe diaper. The rim with eight radiating panels containing various emblems including scrolls and artemisia leaves alternating with peach-sprays or peonies, with thin bands of brocade hangings. Large round panels on the underside containing funghi and dots alternating with narrow sections containing lingzhi motifs, the base unglazed.
Literature
For a similar charger see Maura Rinaldi, Kraak Porcelain, pl.92 for a charger dated c.1610-1620. Like this charger, the rim is decorated with auspicious symbols and peonies. The base, identical to this one, is said to be typical of the period.
