16C Jiajing/Wanli Ming Antique Chinese Porcelain Dish Crab Design Marked
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Condition Report: Besides some firing flaws, no damages found. Size 13.7x2.2CM DiameterxHeight
Sharing with you this highly unusual 16th Century Ming Porcelain Yellow Ground Blue and White Dish, Late Jiajing to Early Wanli c.1560-80. Decorated with a Crab to the Center, Surrounded by a Key Fret Border.
The Base with a Mark Within a Lozenge Panel, Possibly Fu Gui Jia Qi, ‘Beautiful Vessel for the Rich and Vessel for the Rich and Honourable’.
Crab Xie
Xie, Crabs are normally depicted on Chinese porcelain in the context of other marine crustacea together with aquatic plants. On there own the appear only rarely and as single creatures they have a different meaning. They are used to represent achievement as Xie is a homonym for the those who have passed the first examination towards official rank, Xie. In folklore, the crab can repel bad magic and also restore a mans potency.
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Additional Information
| Weight | 4 kg |
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| Type | |
| Primary Material | |
| Region of Origin | |
| China Dynasty Period | Ming & Transitional (1368 – 1664) |
| Category | Blue & White |
| Century | 16th century |
| Material | Porcelain & Pottery |
| Emperor | Jiajing (1521–1566), Wanli (1572-1620) |
| Condition Report | Besides some firing flaws, no damages found. Size 13.7×2.2CM DiameterxHeight |