TWO DATED BLUE AND WHITE DISHES, one painted with a leaf beside a short inscription below a classic scroll border, dated Autumn of the dingmei year of the Great Qing, probably corresponding to AD 1667 and of the period, 14cm. diam.; the other painted with three figures and an attendant in a pavilion beside a short inscription, dated the bingwu year of the Great Qing, probably corresponding to AD 1666 and of the period, 16.5cm. diam. (2)

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TWO DATED BLUE AND WHITE DISHES, one painted with a leaf beside a short inscription below a classic scroll border, dated Autumn of the dingmei year of the Great Qing, probably corresponding to AD 1667 and of the period, 14cm. diam.; the other painted with three figures and an attendant in a pavilion beside a short inscription, dated the bingwu year of the Great Qing, probably corresponding to AD 1666 and of the period, 16.5cm. diam. (2)

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The inscription on the first dish loosely translates as: "Once the first leaf of the wutong tree falls, it is autumn all under heaven"; while that of the second loosely translates as: "Today my lover has conveyed to me his feelings, and this I deeply know".

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