Set of Eight Chinese Export Imari Fish Plates

20th century, each in the form of a fish, having blue head, top fin and tail with white scales to body, stylized blue and white decoration to underside, base with teardrop ring in underglaze blue, 12-1/2 in.

Provenance: Private Collection, New York
Condition Report: some minor areas of spotting, bubbling to glaze, mild to moderate scratching, primarily to heads and tails, tone of blue varies, firing flaws, one with crack approx. 1-1/8 in., two with cracks approx. 1/4 in., two with paper labels to underside with Chinese characters, one with area of discoloration, fused shard at to one (as made)