Porcelain plate with underglaze blue decoration in center of stag and deer by pine tree base among lingzhi mushrooms. Inner rim with cross-bars frieze divided by four flowered cartouches. Trellis frieze on outer rim.

China, Late Kangxi Period- Early Yongzheng Period

Diameter: 23 cm (9 in.)

Very small chips on back of borders

The stag is a longevity symbol, only they have the power to find the sacred mushroom (lingzhi)

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