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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER’ PORCELAIN PLATE China, Wanli style Also adorned with lingzhi / fungus of immortality. The base inscribed in cobalt blue with an apocryphal six-character mark of Emperor Wanli within a double circle. D: 21,3 cm

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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER’ PORCELAIN PLATE China, Wanli style Also adorned with lingzhi / fungus of immortality. The base inscribed in cobalt blue with an apocryphal six-character mark of Emperor Wanli within a double circle. D: 21,3 cm

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