Porcelain Dish ‘Deer in Landscape’, with Chenghua Seal

A circular porcelain dish with a slightly raised rim and a narrow base. The interior decoration shows a scene painted in wucai enamels depicting a mountainous landscape with pine trees and deer in various positions, a traditional iconography associated with longevity and good omens. On the reverse is a plant garland enamelled in blue, green and orange surrounding a central circular cartouche with the inscription “大明成化年製”.

Height: 3.7 cm; Diameter: 17.5 cm