Description: Chinese export porcelain saucer (teacup - HD 59.278) in the Famille rose palette of rose, black, brown, yellow, green, blue, purple, iron-red, and turquoise. The exterior has a standing woman in rose, yellow and tourqoiuse with her left hand over a jumping(?) fish; a seated older man fishing on the bank who wears a brown straw hat and his purple robe open to show a sagging chest and stomach; and a tall tree with a large overhanging branch and iron red berries, flowers or leaves. A boy with a brown straw basket on his back leans over to pick up a fish.
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