Cup with lanterns decoration in underglaze blue, Ming dynasty, Wanli reign (1573-1620)-China Archive

Image Number: K1B009178N000000000PAG
Dynasty: Ming dynasty
Category: Ceramics
Function: Container
Material: Mineral/ceramic/porcelain
Description:
Low mouth, curved deep wall, short circle foot. There is no decorative pattern in the bowl, and the bottom of the bowl is printed with a blue and white double circle pattern “made in the Wanli year of the Ming Dynasty”. The surface of the device is decorated with white ground and blue flowers, with double green circles under the mouth and on the feet as boundaries. Three polyhedral palace lanterns are depicted in the middle. At the same time, the outer wall is divided into six memory blocks by the pendant on both sides of the lamp; Three groups of patterns consisting of bees, Pisces and Ruyi moire are interspersed. Bee and palace lantern take their homonym, and the “Swastika” character pattern decorated on the lamp surface has the meaning of “ten thousand years of prosperity”. Although the pattern of the outer wall of the bowl does not have the form of open light, it can produce a connection between the two from the similar layout by comparing the Kraak Porcelain, “blue and white flowered bowl”, which also uses the six grid open light as the main pattern. In addition, due to San Diego