Description:
Even though this Chinese export porcelain plate was made for the Western market, the fungi on this plate have significant symbolic meaning to the Chinese. Lingzhi was the fungus of immortality. Through the ages, the Chinese have searched for this "fungus of immortality" which is fairly common in southern China but rare in the north. As the fungus resembles the ruyi scepter (magic or wish-granting wand), it has come to represent wish fulfillment as well as longevity. Circular plate with sloping sides and well; painted with polychrome enamel colors of a deer, two bamboo trees, and fungi (lingzhi).
Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); polychrome; Porcelain Link to share this object record:
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