A Chinese ko-sometsuke plate, painted in underglaze cobalt blue with a flowering winter-prunus branch beneath a crescent moon, accompanied by a ten-character poem reading Jiang nan wu suo you, liao zeng yi zhi chun (江南無所有，聊贈一枝春), translated as: “South of the Yangzi River there is nothing finer to offer; I present you with a single branch bearing the fragrance of spring.” The cavetto bordered by a single blue line, the exterior decorated with three stylised pearls and satellite dots, the base with a four-character Tianqi mark within a double circle.

此件中國古染付青花盤，以釉下青花繪新月寒梅圖，一枝梅花斜出於彎月之下，旁題十字詩句：「江南無所有，聊贈一枝春」，意為江南別無可贈，姑且送上一枝報春梅花，以寄情誼。

內壁以一道青花弦紋為界，外壁繪三組程式化寶珠及點狀紋。底部青花雙圈內書「天啟年製」四字款。

Reference:
For similar examples without poem, see S. Marchant & Son, 'Transitional Wares for the Japanese and Domestic Markets', no. 18, p. 22; and Sir Michael Butler, 'Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain', no. 15, p. 53.