Ming Jiajing Blue and White Eight Treasures Bowl - Porcelain Special Topic - Taobao斋 Antiques City

Ming Jiajing Blue and White Eight Treasures Bowl

Name: Ming Jiajing Blue and White Eight Treasures Bowl (a pair)

Category: Porcelain

Era: Ming Jiajing period

Original Ownership:

Current Status: Estimated price 40,000—60,000 RMB

Introduction:

Diameter 8.2 cm.

Flaring rim, rounded waist without tapering, ring foot. The outside of the bowl is painted with lotus and eight auspicious symbols. The Eight Auspicious Symbols are eight commonly used objects in Tibetan Buddhism that symbolize good fortune, including the Dharma wheel, conch shell, treasure umbrella, white canopy, lotus, treasure vase, golden fish, and endless knot. These are often combined with lotus flowers in patterns on porcelain, first appearing in the Yuan dynasty and becoming popular in the Ming and Qing dynasties. They were introduced from Tibetan Lamaism. As people see them as a sign of good luck, they became widely used on porcelain and other crafts.

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