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Blue and white Arabic Candlestick, Ming Zhengde, high 24.6cm, diameter 6.7cm, full size 13cm.
Candlestick is divided into two layers, the upper tray is small and shallow, the lower bearing with elongated struts, the lower tray for skimming, folding the bottom plate, for horn outward students. The blue and white decoration. A small tray wall painted Ruyi Yuntou lines, large tray wall painted hook Lotus branch lines, with rhombus pattern. Pillar and the middle part of the outer wall has a circular opening of students within the book, Arabic, opening on drawing hook Lotus branch lines and diamond. Proximal plantar office draw Ruyi cloud pattern. The outsole Department script " Ming Zhengde years blue" double row six fonts, peripheral white double coil.
At the beginning of Ming Dynasty porcelain often in Sanskrit, Arabic for decoration. Because the emperor Zhengde attention to Islam, the Arabic is more popular, appearing in all kinds of objects, text contains more auspicious blessing. Sometimes the content is not important, quite a part of text has been unable to release original intention, but only as decorative patterns. This kind of porcelain decoration is the study of the middle period of the Ming Dynasty the Arabic Islamic culture and Han culture blending, effects of physical information.