清十八世紀 五彩「鶴壽延年」圖花口盤

well potted with shallow fluted sides rising from a short tapered foot to a lobed everted rim, brightly decorated in famille-verte enamels and gold highlights with two Manchurian cranes standing below a gnarled peach tree next to tempestuous waves and a red moon rising in the distance, all within ruyi and auspicious characters reserved on a pale green border surmounted by a ying yang symbol at the apex, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a two-character seal mark within double circles, wood stand

There is a 0.7 by 0.3 cm shallow chip below the rim, a few minute iron-spots or expected glaze imperfections on the underside, but overall the dish is in good condition and the decoration unusually well painted.
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