A pair of wucai ‘fishing’ dishes Ming dynasty, Tianqi period

each with shallow sides rising from a tapered foot to a wide everted rim, the interior freely painted with a seated figure fishing by the banks, the rim dressed in brown enamel, inscribed to the base with a fu character within a double-square

These dishes are in good condition, but have very minor rim chips and burst bubbles to the glaze. There is minor rubbing to the iron-red enamel clouds to one dish.
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