Dish, hard paste porcelain, decorated in Chinese Imari style, underglaze blue, painted red enamel and gilt flowers around a central mon, two long trailing sprigs in underglaze blue and red enamel under the rim; sacred fungus mark in double circle on bas

Dish, hard paste porcelain, decorated in Chinese Imari style, underglaze blue, painted red enamel and gilt flowers around a central mon, two long trailing sprigs in underglaze blue and red enamel under the rim; sacred fungus mark in double circle on base, made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China, c.1705-1720
the lingzhi, or sacred fungus is a symbol derived from the tree-like Polyporus lucidus and is associated with longevity