A Chinese imperial blue and white crane plate, JiaJing mark and of the period(1507-1567) . deep plate sturdily potted, the rounded curved sloping sides rising from a tapered foot, interior with design of four cranes around a central auspicious cloud form, within a circle that followed by a double circle, and six evenly spaces roundels of flower designs. Outside of plate features four flying horses in between four cloud forms. Six blue Chinese character JiaJing mark within a double circle on the base Catalogue note: a dish of this type with a Jiajing reign mark is illustrated in Leopold Reidemeister and J.Hellner,Ming Porzellane in Schwedischen Sammlungen, Berlin,1935,pg .18b.D. 12" (30.5 cm) H:2 1/2"(6.4 cm)Provenance: purchased from Dragon House, San Francisco, CA in 2010 a similar example was sold in Sotheby's New York on March 28th, 2018 "Important Chinese Art" sale lot 520 for $18,750 USDLink to HD Natural Light photos: Click here for high resolution imagesCondition: in overall good condition with general surface wear and sign of use, scatter glaze skip/ glaze pulls to the center and the back of the plate, especially to one of the horse motif due to the firing imperfection