A fine and rare underglaze blue decorated plate with decoration of fish and sea creatures among aquatic plants

Description:

China, underglaze blue sea lingzhi mark, Kangxi period
D. 34,8 cm
Two large carp next to shrimps, aquatic plants and foliage in graduated underglaze belts. In the mirror with incised mark 'jin yin ling ci' ["Gold and silver shrine/temple"] 金銀靈祠
From old German diplomatic property, by descent to the present owners
The decoration for this bowl could come from a washbasin of the Wanli period, which is kept in the Taipei Palace Museum, publ. in 'Radiating Hues of Blue and White', Taipei, 2016, no. 11, pp. 252-253 - Few small chips or glaze frits to rim and stand, short hairline to the rim