Lotus-shaped dish with four-seasons flowers and fruits decoration in underglaze blue, Ming dynasty, Yongle reign (1403-1424)

Lotus-shaped dish with four-seasons flowers and fruits decoration in underglaze blue, Ming dynasty, Yongle reign (1403-1424)

• Image Number: K1B006630N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Ming dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Mineral/ceramic/porcelain
• Description:
  The mouth margin is a 16 petal flower shaped rhombohedral plate with arc wall, short circle feet, feet slightly outward, and the inner edge is beveled. Two peony flowers with the same root are painted in the center of the plate, and the inner wall petal surface is decorated with four kinds of fruit tree folding patterns in sequence: grapes, pomegranates, loquats, and lychees. The twigs at the folding edge are S-shaped; Each petal on the outer wall of the plate is decorated with ganoderma lucidum flowers, and 16 branches of flowers and leaves are arranged at the folding edge of the outer wall. There is no glaze on the inside and wall of the round foot, the color of the body is orange, the blue and white flowers have iron spots, and the pattern layout is dense, which is similar to the shape and pattern of the ancient porcelain 16610. Only this work has smooth and detailed patterns, and the form of the round foot is similar to that of Yongle’s works.