Black Vase

Elegant Black Vase-Inspired Porcelain Plate with Koi and Lotus Motif

Looking for something more unique than a typical black vase to elevate your space? This stunning black porcelain plate blends traditional Chinese artistry with deep symbolic meaning, making it a beautiful alternative or complement to any vase. Hand-painted with vivid red and gray koi swimming among lotus flowers and leaves, this piece brings movement and harmony to any decor setting. Explore more artistic home accents in our online shop.

A Black Vase Alternative with Cultural Meaning

This decorative plate captures the spirit of nature and traditional Chinese blessings. The red koi symbolize energy and passion, while the gray koi represent calm and stability. Together, they swim gracefully through detailed lotus blossoms—symbols of purity and prosperity.

High-Quality Craftsmanship & Natural Charm

Crafted from high-quality clay and fired at high temperatures, this plate has a solid, refined texture. Its deep black glaze evokes the feel of a serene pond, giving it the grounded elegance of a black vase while telling a richer story through its intricate painting and calligraphic inscriptions.

On the left, the lotus blossoms bloom, with the pink and white petals stretched out in layers, and the young yellow stems dotted between them, along with the lilac leaves and the long lotus stems, which reveal the serene beauty of the pond. “For more than a few years,” four-word calligraphy, with a bold and free hand, complemented by traditional burgundy and red seals, cleverly blends Chinese aesthetics with auspicious symbols.

Whether placed on a living room broomstick, a study desk, or a dining room wall, it can add a rich Chinese style to the space and become a visual focus. It is a gift to friends and family as a gift, and it also uses the beautiful image of koi and lotus flowers to convey deep blessings of prosperity and good luck, which is both artistic.

Porcelain: porcelain materials such as high-quality kaolin soil are used, which are good plasticity and high fire resistance. After high temperature burning, the porcelain dishes have a dense and hard texture, a smooth surface and a certain gloss, and a solid black substrate.
Paint: Environmentally friendly ceramic paint is used, with bright colors and high durability, which can bind firmly with the porcelain during high temperature burning, and is not easily faded or lost, ensuring the long-lasting brightness of the picture color. Like the red and gray color of the koi on the plate, and the pink and green color of the lotus lotus leaves, all benefit from the presentation of high-quality paint.
Prefabrication: Raw materials such as kaolin soil are removed from impurities through washing, decaying and other processes to make their texture even, and then porcelain plate bodies are made through tensile laying and stiff laying processes to shape a well-formed circle and suitable thickness.

This porcelain plate carries deep emotional value. The theme of “more than a decade” carries people’s expectations for a life of abundance and is based on a beautiful vision of a successful future. Lizards symbolize good fortune, and lotus flowers are meant to be pure and noble. This auspicious meaning contains sincere blessings to friends and relatives, and when given as a gift, it sends out care and thoughts.

When placed in the home, it becomes a bond of emotional connection. When families meet, the eyes touch the china plate, and auspicious images can trigger emotional resonance and add to the family’s warm atmosphere. Guest visits are a starting point for cultural and emotional exchange, and they convey the meaning and emotional temperature of Chinese culture in appreciation, becoming a unique symbol that carries emotions and transmits heartfelt feelings.
As a valuable intangible cultural heritage, the black ceramic making technique carries long historical memory and traditional craftsmanship wisdom. This plate uses black ceramics as a vehicle, and from selection to molding, from painting to burning, each step incorporates the craftsman’s superb skills transmitted from generation to generation, which is a continuation of the ancient cultural heritage.

The theme pattern of “more than a decade and a half” combines traditional painting art with folklore, and the vibrant koi and lotus flowers not only demonstrate the unique charm of Chinese aesthetics, but also convey people’s aspiration for a prosperous and auspicious life. When it is presented as a gift, it is not only a beautiful object, but also the inheritance of traditional culture and the friendship with friends and relatives.

In the home, it is a cultural and emotional bond. When the family is together, it arouses the sense of identity and belonging to the traditional culture, and nourishes the emotion imperceptibly. Guests visit, it becomes the window of cultural exchanges, by black pottery technology and traditional patterns, the charm of ancient oriental culture and temperature, become a bearing emotion, the continuation of cultural precious symbols.

Follow us on:
👉 Facebook
👉 Instagram