Vintage Imperial Jingdezhen Porcelain Beauties of the Red Mansion-Miao-yu Plate

Vintage 1987 plate "Miao-yu", fifth issue in the series "Beauties of the Red Mansion" by master artisan Zhao Huimin. "A Dream of Red Mansions" is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature by Cao Xueqin in the middle of the 18th century. The novel is known for the complex portraits of its many women characters "Miao-yu" (Wonderful/Clever Jade) portrays a young nun from Buddhist cloisters of the Rong-guo house. Although beautiful and learned, she is aloof, haughty, unsociable, and has an obsession with cleanliness. The novel says she was compelled by her illness to become a nun, and shelters herself under the nunnery to dodge political affairs. Her fate is not known after her abduction by bandits. Jingdezhen (Ching-te-Chen) porcelain is considered as the greatest pottery center in the world and in China called the "Capital of Porcelain". From the Ming period onwards, official kilns in Jingdezhen were controlled by the emperor, making imperial porcelain in large quantity for the court and the emperor to give as gifts. The information on the plate backstamp is in Chinese. Approximate size: Diameter 8 1/2" Approximate weight: 1 lb 2.2 oz Excellent condition, no chip, no crack. Offers are welcomed.