Dish on footring, wide flat rim. Decorated in underglaze blue. In the centre and on the sides a dignitary holding a sceptre on a veranda. Behind him a servant with his qin wrapped in a cloth cover, before him two servants carrying a bag hanging on a stick. In the foreground a tree and some boulders, in the background a mist bank and an encampment. On the rim three flower sprays: lotus, camellia and rose. On the reverse three peach sprays. On the base a flower spray. The magistrate is depicted with the symbols of office: a slightly bowed, flat sceptre and a tall cap. His robe is highly detailed. The subject and decorative style are wholly that of transitional porcelain, but the shape of this dish with its flat rim and balanced composition are precursors of the later, more formalised Kangxi style. The decorations on the reverse and base are identical to those on the dish, cat. 49, which may indicate a serial production where only the centre decoration varied.

Dish on footring, wide flat rim. Decorated in underglaze blue. In the centre and on the sides a dignitary holding a sceptre on a veranda. Behind him a servant with his qin wrapped in a cloth cover, before him two servants carrying a bag hanging on a stick. In the foreground a tree and some boulders, in the background a mist bank and a mountain landscape with a fire-breathing volcano. On the rim three flower sprays: lotus, camellia and rose. On the reverse three peach sprays. On the base a flower spray. The magistrate is depicted with the symbols of office: a slightly bowed, flat sceptre and a tall cap. His robe is highly detailed. The subject and decorative style are wholly that of transitional porcelain, but the shape of this dish with its flat rim and balanced composition are precursors of the later, more formalised Kangxi style. The decorations on the reverse and base are identical to those on the dish, cat. 49, which may indicate a serial production where only the centre decoration varied.