16C Jiajing Period Chinese Porcelain Dish Cranes Clouds Tigrams Antique Marked

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Condition Report: Restored. Was in half and restored chip to rim. Size: 22.5x5.1CM DiameterxHeight

Very nice Blue and White Dish from the Jiajing Period.

Dish on footring, decorated in underglaze blue. In the centre the 8 tigrams seperated by cloud stylized motiffs. The wall with flying cranes. On the outside a continuous pattern flowers and scrolls. On the base the four character mark Da Ming nian Zao (made during the great Ming)

Symbolism
Crane

The graceful crane is a common emblem in paintings. The five birds: crane, phoenix, mandarin duck, heron and wagtail represent the five Confucian relationships; in this case the crane stands for the key deference of son to father. Two cranes flying towards the sun represent ambition. A crane among clouds represent nobility; a pair of cranes represent a wish for long married life while a crane in pine trees a wish for a long life together.
Emblem of rank: Civil Official 1st rank.

Source: Stallard, R. Chinasage: All about China. Retrieved from the Chinasage website.

 

The Eight Trigrams (Pa Kua)

The eight diagrams symbolize the eight natural phenomena: sky, earth, thunder, wind, water, fire, mountain and lake.

Through combinations of three broken or unbroken horizontal lines they could be made to symbolize aspects of the universe. Their earliest use as decoration on ceramics dates from the late Song period.

Source; Gotheborg website

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