A large copper-red and underglaze-blue 'fish' dish Qing dynasty, Kangxi period

with shallow curved sides resting on a short tapered foot, rising to an everted rim, painted to the interior in copper-red with five large carp among scattered lotus flowers, against a ground of waves in underglaze-blue, the exterior painted with four pairs of ribboned precious objects in copper-red, with an unglazed double foot ring

Bonhams, 13th June 2002, lot 27.