Imitation Xuande blue and white Sanyou flower rabbit plate

[Xuande Blue and White Sanyou Flower Jade Rabbit Pattern Plate]

Xuande Blue and White Sanyou Flower Jade Rabbit Pattern Plate, Ming Longqing, caliber 14.5cm, bottom diameter 8.7cm, height 3.2cm
The outer wall of the plate is plain white and has no decorative patterns. The inner wall is painted with blue and white flowers to depict the three friends of pine, bamboo and plum. The center of the plate is painted with a blue and white circle with white jade rabbit patterns, just like the jade rabbit lying in a full moon. The outsole is printed with blue and white regular script “Da Ming Xuan De Nian System” in six characters and two lines, and the font appears illegible, which is far from the writing method of Xuan De Benchao model year. This plate of blue and white hair is blue and purple in color, rich and gorgeous, and the style of the book is thin and long. These are the outstanding characteristics of Longqing porcelain
Du Fu’s poem “The Moon” contains the sentence “The toads will not disappear in the river, and the rabbits will live forever”, which describes the Mid-Autumn moon. The shape of the jade rabbit painted on this plate is just poetic, or has the beautiful meaning of wishing people longevity and praying for reunion. The rabbit pattern, pine, bamboo and plum “three friends of the old and the cold” are painted on the same piece, which adds some elegance and interest to this small plate of folk kiln in the late Ming Dynasty


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