A Chinese Ming Dish Of saucer shape, decorated on the front in the center with flowering plants issuing from stylised rockwork, the cavetto with flying insects alternating with flower-heads between double blue lines at the rim and center, the back with an elegant scroll of prunus on leafy stems, the base with a four character mark reading, Chang ming fu gui [long life, riches and honour]. Period: Ming Dynasty Wanli (1573‑1619). Diameter: 18.5 cm.