The Wucai washer is of five-petal floriform and lobed on the exterior, depicts multi-colored fishes swimming in pond setting with algae, flowers, and waves, bottom bears six character WANLI reign mark.|Ming Dynasty period.||Height: 3 1/2 in (8.9 cm) Diameter: 18 1/8 in (46.0 cm)|明萬曆 五彩魚藻梅花式洗|盆胎體厚重，釉質光潤，折沿，弧腹，平底。底部無釉一圈，底心內凹，書青花“大明萬曆年製”雙圈雙行六字款。此盆在明代宮廷檔案原名稱之為“盆”。外壁繪纏枝蓮紋。盆內壁及盤心均五彩繪姿態、顏色各異之魚，水草浮萍漂浮搖曳，遊魚相互追逐，悠然自得，尤其盤心一尾青花大鯉由水中一躍而出，富具動感。此器五彩彩繪華麗繁複，紅綠二彩濃研相應，青花明麗泛紫，構圖古拙之氣尚存未脫，頗具意趣，深有萬曆年間五彩此器之風貌。萬曆五彩素負盛名，以紅綠二彩熾烈取勝，《陶雅》雲“萬曆五彩，草昧初開，往往顯其拙相……皆非尋常匠手所能企及。”本品當為代表。