Song Dynasty Standing on a short spreading foot, the cup decorated in shallow relief with a carp swimming among tumultuous waves, the details finely incised, the gently-everted rim with a hatched border, the base with an incised five-character inscription, the interior with incised central chrysanthemum below a decorative border at the rim, the borders at the rims and foot and the central medallion highlighted in gilt. 8.3cm (3 2/8in) diam.