Details A BLUE AND WHITE FISH DISHWANLI FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)The interior is decorated in the center with two fish swimming amidst water weeds, all within a double-ring border. The decoration is repeated on the exterior with five fish, and the base is inscribed with a four-character mark in seal script reading dehua changchun (influence with virtue, everlasting spring) within a square and further surrounded by a Wanli four-character seal mark.6 3/8 in. (16.4 cm.) diam. Provenance Spink & Son, London, January 1935, as recorded in the RHRP ledgerThe Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. 352 Conditions of sale