Jingdezhen, late Ming dynasty, Tianqi–Chongzhen period, circa 1620–44
Moulded lozenge-form dish with fluted sides and barbed rim, decorated in iron-red, green and black enamels with two fish amid flowering sprays. The underside with an apocryphal underglaze-blue mark within the recessed foot. Produced for the Japanese market during the late Ming period.
Dimensions: 7½ × 5 in. (19.1 × 12.7 cm)
Height: 1¼ in. (3.2 cm)
Foot: 4½ × 3¼ in. (11.4 × 8.3 cm).
Jingdezhen, late Ming dynasty, Tianqi–Chongzhen period, circa 1620–44
Moulded lozenge-form dish with fluted sides and barbed rim, decorated in iron-red, green and black enamels with two fish amid flowering sprays. The underside with an apocryphal underglaze-blue mark within the recessed foot. Produced for the Japanese market during the late Ming period.
Dimensions: 7½ × 5 in. (19.1 × 12.7 cm)
Height: 1¼ in. (3.2 cm)
Foot: 4½ × 3¼ in. (11.4 × 8.3 cm).