the shallow sides rising to flat rims, all resting on low, wide conforming foot,  both painted on the biscuit, one with a butterfly and grasshopper above pierced rockwork, large leaves and flowering plants, the other with seven fish swimming in a lotus pond amongst flowers and leaves, the exteriors with various floral sprays, the bases with four-character marks of Yu Hai Tang zhi, 'made for the Hall of the Jade Sea' in black enamel within a double square (2)

Collection of S.E. Kennedy (1855-1933), London.

One dish with a small firing crack to one side of the center. The other with a restored haircrack to one corner, a minor chip to the rim and corners. Both with patches of discoloration to the interior.
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A similar pair of dishes each with insects and rockwork, with different sized marks, is illustrated in John Ayers, The Baur Collection, Chinese Ceramics vol. 4, Geneva, 1968-1974, no. A549-550 and again in John Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, vol. 2, Geneva, 1999, no. 153-154, p. 29.