A WUCAI 'CARP' DISH Mid-Qing DynastyA WUCAI 'CARP' DISHMid-Qing DynastyThe interior with a central roundel enclosing two iron-red carp, one leaping from the water, in a river pool with lotus and arrow-weed, in green, yellow enamels and underglaze-blue, the well similarly decorated with five different stylised fish, all in iron-red, swimming among pond weeds and floating blossoms, the pattern repeated around the exterior, the base with the four character mark zaichuan zhile, 'Rejoicing in the stream' within double-squares.20cm (8in) diam.For a Kangxi dish of similar design and mark see The Tsui Museum of Art, Chinese Ceramics, vol. IV, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 127