[Museum](https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/eight-cranes-on-a-begonia-shaped-tray/DgFRryDWT2ChVw). This plate features the image of a terraced platform in the ocean where cranes find residence, a motif representing the isle of the immortals where the emperor would like to visit. In addition to the reign mark on the base, a title mark describes the piece as a “begonia-shaped immortal’s plate” (*haitang xianpan*), confirming the symbolic implication and shape of this dish; the description of such information in a title inscription became a standard practice adopted by the imperial workshop at the Qianlong court.
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[Museum](https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/eight-cranes-on-a-begonia-shaped-tray/DgFRryDWT2ChVw). This plate features the image of a terraced platform in the ocean where cranes find residence, a motif representing the isle of the immortals where the emperor would like to visit. In addition to the reign mark on the base, a title mark describes the piece as a “begonia-shaped immortal’s plate” (*haitang xianpan*), confirming the symbolic implication and shape of this dish; the description of such information in a title inscription became a standard practice adopted by the imperial workshop at the Qianlong court.