Bowl, hard paste porcelain, scalloped rim, reeded around base, decorated with underglaze blue carp and stylised foliage; 4-character Kangxi mark on base, made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China, c.1900-1920the 4-character mark of the Kangxi empero

Bowl, hard paste porcelain, scalloped rim, reeded around base, decorated with underglaze blue carp and stylised foliage; 4-character Kangxi mark on base, made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China, c.1900-1920
the 4-character mark of the Kangxi emperor was not used during the period of his reign (1662-1722) other than within a square border on imperial wares; in most cases wares marked as here date to the late 19th - early 20th century