A Chinese blue and white dish with a moulded border

A Chinese blue and white dish with a moulded border, the reverse with a six character Chenghua mark, c.1640. The centre painted with two pheasants beneath a flowering prunus tree and with two small song birds, the border with further flowering and fruiting branches, 23cm. Cf. J. Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics In The British Museum, p.373 for a related dish.