A RARE CHINESE REVERSE-DECORATED BLUE-GROUND DISH SIX CHARACTER WANLI MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1573-1620 With shallow rounded sides flaring towards the rim, the interior decorated in white slip with two fish in a lot pond within a circular border, the reverse with four further fish separated by lot in a frieze, above a narrow band encircling the foot, with a paper label for the South Africa National Gallery Chinese Exhibition 1953, no.147, 15cm. Provenance: from the collection of G R A Murray and thence by descent. Exhibited: National Gallery of South Africa, Cape Town, Chinese Exhibition, 1953, no.147. Cf. Geng Baochang, Gugong bowuyuan canggu taoci ziliao xuan cui, no.194 for another Wanli dish of this design.明萬曆 藍地白花連年有餘紋碟《大明萬曆年製》青花楷書款來源：G R A Murray收藏，之後由家族其繼承。展覽：南非開普敦國家畫廊，中國展，1953年，編號147（附標籤）。