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of ten-lobed mallow shape with gently flaring sides resting on a countersunk base of corresponding form, the interior superbly painted in rich cobalt blue with a medallion enclosing a carp and mandarin fish swimming amongst clumps of lotus and undulating water weeds, the exterior similarly decorated with further fish swimming among similar water plants, the fish finely detailed with hatching and stippling and varied shades of blue to render their peculiar markings, lotus flowers and leaves in different stages, the latter with veins finely picked out through the blue to appear in white, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a double-circle, the rim metal-mounted