Hibiscus-shaped dish with flowers decoration in underglaze blue, Ming dynasty, Yongle reign (1403-1424)

Hibiscus-shaped dish with flowers decoration in underglaze blue, Ming dynasty, Yongle reign (1403-1424)

• Image Number: K1B010108N000000000PAE
• Dynasty: Ming dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  It is molded from a plate, in the shape of eight sunflowers, with folded edges, broad lips, low shallow walls and short legs. The fetal bone is relatively thick. Except for the exposed body without glaze at the bottom, both the inner and outer walls are decorated with blue and white, and the green material is thick. The lips are painted with eight ganoderma lucidum twigs, and the inner and outer walls are painted with eight flowers. Two layers of double hook rhombic lace are added around the center of the plate, with the broken branch double peony as the main decorative pattern in the middle. The same works can also be seen in the collection of Ardebil Shrine in Iran.