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Dish with fish decor

Dish with fish decor

Chinese

Small shallow circular dish with decoration of a fish surrounded by a lotus and water weeds incised on the center floor; buff earthenware with yellow, aubergine, and green lead-fluxed glazes over a white slip ground; with inscription reading 魏十一 (Wei shiyi; “Wei eleven”) brush written in black ink on the unglazed base after firing.

Cizhou-type ware: earthenware with sancai (three-color) glaze

Jin dynasty, 1115-1234

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