Shallow bowl with double fish motif

Bowl, shallow, with rim, of celadon ware from the Lung-Ch'uan district. The bottom is decorated with two fish in relief under the glaze, and the outside of the body is carved in a design of leaves. Thick, translucent bluish-green glaze on a body of greyish-white clay which shows through at edges where glaze is thin. The unglazed rim of the foot is a rusty brown, indicating the presence of iron in the clay