A Pair of Café-Au-Lait-Glazed 'Three Fish' Saucer Dishes Seal Marks and Period of Daoguang

each with flared rounded sides supported on a short slightly tapering foot, incised on the interior with three white fish against a café-au-lait ground, reserved on the biscuit beneath a transparent glaze, the underside similarly decorated with three white fish on a café-au-lait ground, the white base inscribed in iron red with a six-character seal mark

There are a few minor tiny spots or pin-pricks in the glaze, but apart from this the dishes are in very good condition.
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