Blue-and-white Zhitao Crane Talisman Plate

[Blue and white hibiscus crane talisman plate]

Blue and white hibiscus crane talisman plate, Ming Jiajing, height 8.1 cm, caliber 57.5 cm, foot diameter 41.7 cm
Open plate, shallow arc belly, circle foot. Crane, flat peach and ganoderma lucidum patterns are painted inside and outside in blue and white. A talisman is written in the blue and white circles of the disc. No glaze on plain bottom. The blue and white regular script “made in Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty” is arranged horizontally along the outer edge
This plate is a product of Jiajing official kiln, with large shape and fine workmanship. The blue and white are blue and purple, indicating that the material used is retrogradation. Emperor Jiajing believed in Taoism, so there were a lot of topics about immortality on the porcelain of Jiajing official kiln, such as ganoderma lucidum, gossip, wreath, eight immortals, cloud crane, etc. This disc has distinctive characteristics of the times.

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