Fruit plate, in fact, has been used a lot in ancient times, especially in the court, high officials, landlords and other rich and powerful families. In ancient times, it was called zanpan, which sounds very elegant. And it's made of ceramics fired at high temperature. Later, better copper tyre was used to make silk enamel and valuable red sandalwood, but ordinary people couldn't buy them and couldn't afford to use them.

　　It was a kind of utensil for holding food. It was found in Wanli period of Ming Dynasty, and was popular in Kangxi period. This storage plate consists of nine small plates with two layers inside and outside. Small dish is fold edge, shallow abdomen, loop foot. It is a useful and appreciative work of art with various patterns such as colorful flowers, butterflies and bulbous flowers, etc.

　　There are at least five in a group and more than twenty in a group. Most of them are composed of two or three layers inside and outside, forming different shapes, including round, square, hexagonal, octagonal, or leaf, peony, plum, lotus, sunflower, water chestnut, etc. According to the number of pieces, there are five pieces, seven pieces, eight immortals, nine pieces and ten percent. The techniques include carving, carving, painting and painting. There are blue and white, pastel, tricolor, color, color to rolling road, doucai, decals, printing and so on. The decorative patterns are flowers and birds, characters, mountains and rivers, auspicious words and some aspects of social life at that time.

　　According to the number of pieces, there are five pieces, seven pieces, eight immortals, nine pieces and ten percent. The techniques include carving, carving, painting and painting. There are blue and white, pastel, tricolor, color, color to rolling road, doucai, decals, printing and so on. The decorative patterns are flowers and birds, characters, mountains and rivers, auspicious words and some aspects of social life at that time.

　　It is difficult to shape the pan, because each group is composed of dozens of pieces, which requires a very strict planning and accurate grasp of the standards of each part, so that the single combination of firing can be tight without gaps. The "Qing Qianlong pastel plate" now stored in Jilin Provincial Museum is 2.3cm high. It is composed of 9 pieces in two layers, one in the inner and 8 in the outer. It is called "Jiuzi plate". The whole apparatus is round. The first floor is octagonal and the second floor is shoulder shaped.

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