the rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to a broad everted flaring rim, brightly enamelled to the interior with a medallion enclosing the Daoist Immortal standing holding a lingzhi, to her side stands a small boy carrying a basket and to her other side stands a deer with a large peach spray in its jaws, all encircled by a geometric band at the well and four large composite floral sprays at the rim, 39.3cm diameter

Provenance: Polly Latham Asian Art, Boston, Massachusetts.

Footnote: For a very similar dish, see Christie's Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Textiles, London, 9 November 2016, lot 344.

清雍正(1723-1735)粉彩「麻姑图」大盘