1. ASSIETTE EN PORCELAINE BLEU BLANC Marque et époque Jiajing (1521-1567) A BLUE AND WHITE 'THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER' DISH Jiajing six-character mark and of the period With shallow rounded sides rising from a short foot, the interior boldly painted in varying tones of cobalt blue with the 'Three Friends of Winter', the exterior similarly decorated, all between double-line borders at the rim and around the foot, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue. 17.8cm (7in) diam. 明嘉靖 青花歲寒三友圖盤「大明嘉靖年製」款 Provenance: Collection of Otmar Kurrus (1929-2012), acquired from Bernheimer, Munich, in ca. 1968, acquired by the present owner in 1998 來源： Otmar Kurrus（1929-2012）珍藏，約於1968年得自慕尼黑古董商Bernheimer 現藏家於1998年得自上述來源 See a Jiajing-marked 'Three Friends of Winter' dish from the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Good Fortune, Long Life, Health, and Peace: A Special Exhibition of Porcelains with Auspicious Designs, Taipei, 1995, p.158, pl.80.