Red five-bird diagram rhombus plate

[Carved red five birds rhomboid plate]

Carved red five birds rhomboid plate, early Ming Dynasty, caliber 22.5 cm, height 3.1 cm
It is of the diamond-shaped style, and the inside and outside are painted with red paint. With three kinds of brocade patterns of heaven, earth and water as the ground, the center of the plate is carved with peacocks, egrets, cranes, silver pheasants and parrots to inhabit among the rocks and flowers on the bank. The layout is full and business is brisk. The interior and exterior walls are all painted with yellow paint, decorated with red peony, gardenia, chrysanthemum, lotus, camellia, pomegranate and other flowers. The outer bottom is painted black. It has excellent paint, mellow and vigorous carving, fine and smooth grinding, and small brocade. Although it has no money, it can still be regarded as the representative work of the orchard factory during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty
According to the “Pictures, Hear, Hear, Hear, and Hear”, Li Fang, a famous litterateur of the Song Dynasty, once raised five birds in his back garden as an allegory, all of which were named as guests. Later, the painter was ordered to write a picture. The crane called the fairy guest, the peacock called the south guest, the parrot called the dragon guest, the silver pheasant called the leisure guest, and the egret called the snow guest. Each has a poem, which is inscribed on the picture, and the good person will write it
Five kinds of birds can also be compared to “Five Luns”. Five Luns refer to the relationship between father and son, the righteousness between monarch and minister, the difference between husband and wife, the order of growing up and young, and the trust of friends.