well painted to the center, with an aubergine-enameled slender arching prunus tree emerging from rockwork, issuing blooms of varied green tones, the rim with four delicate floral sprays alternating with fluttering butterflies, all against a light brown ground, the underside with two leafy bamboo stalks, the base painted in underglaze blue with a hare within two concentric rings and  with a wheel-engraved inventory mark N=162 I

Collection of Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony, King of Poland (1670 - 1733).

The dish is in good condition. There are some tiny chips to the foot and very light wear to the surface.
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The inventory marks of the famous Dresden Porcelain Collection are among the earliest in the West. The incised mark on the present dish is from the first inventory, Inventarium über das Palais zu Alt-Dresden Anno 1721. The dish is number 162 with the capital I signifying Grün Chinesisch Porcelain for famille-verte.