A Chinese Blue And White Figure And Story Plate A Chinese blue and white figure and story plate Da Ming Wanli Nianzhi mark. Roundel plate is intensely decorated with blue and white figures in landscape scenario surrounded by Shou-characters (Longevity) with Lingzhi. The painting depicts a male scholar riding on a horse flanking with two attendants, one is holding an umbrella and the other holding a vase in the mountain. It is made for cerebrating senior royal members’s birthday. Nicks visible on mouth rim, chips on the foot, natural wear. Height:4.5cm, Width:22.8cm, Condition: Good condition, wear, traces of age. Provenance: Previously from assets of Russell & Co., the American company in the Far East in the 19th century, founded by Samul Russell.