Blue and white Arabic disc holder

[Blue and white Arabic disc holder]

Blue and white Arabic disc holder, Ming Yongle, height 17.2 cm, caliber 17.2 cm, foot diameter 16.6 cm
The seat body is straight and the upper and lower openings are wide folded edges. The whole body is decorated with blue and white patterns, the mouth and bottom are decorated with chrysanthemum petal patterns, and the body pattern is divided into three layers. The upper and lower layers are imitated with Arabic and painted with group-shaped patterns, and the middle layer is decorated with inverted deformation petal patterns
The shape of this utensil is peculiar. It is made by imitating the Arabic bronze ware in Western Asia, and it is the base of a round bowl-shaped utensil. Because it is hollow and bottomless, Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty called it “unstoppable respect” in his poem.