PROVENANCE: From private collectors in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Measurements: Height: 4.4 cm, Diam: 23cm Chinese Ming Dynasty Wanli Blue and White Carps Porcelain Plate. The plate has a broad wide central interior, rounded mouth lip, thick and large, raised on correspondence footed ring base slight concave. Hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white base color which contrast against blue fine color, depicted of many swims carp through lishui peace rivers, sea grass and water plants. The clay is very fine, with a brilliant glaze finish that was applied by a meticulous, the shape is uniformly proportioned.The Under-base bears a reign mark, a six under glazed blue script characters reign mark, enclosed within double blue rings lines. Made in The Years WanLi Reign Period of The Great Ming Dynasty.