A CHINESE CARVED QINGBAI STYLE 'FISH AND LOT' DISH QING DYNASTY The shallow dish is potted with low flared sides rising from a short foot with a metal-mounted rim, with a central roundel enclosing an incised dragon, with two fish and alternating lot sprays towards the rim, the dish is covered with a light-blue tinted translucent glaze, with a paper label for the South Africa National Gallery Chinese Exhibition 1953, no.126, 23.2cm. 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.126.