This artwork is a square flat art porcelain plaque with neat flat surface and symmetrical straight edges, crafted with dense uniform-thickness clay, serving as mainstream decorative carrier for contemporary ceramic wall hangings and exhibition displays. The plaque adopts layered three-dimensional embossed structure: shallow carved water wave lines form the water surface base layer, a medium shallow embossed silhouette outlines the full angelfish shape, and the top layer features three-dimensionally piled underglaze blue intertwined vines filling the fish body. A light blue lotus flower is painted in the blank center of the fish belly, creating distinct layered height textures and strong spatial depth. It can be framed and hung as wall art, or displayed independently on antique shelves and tea tables. Its balanced square composition fits neo-Chinese, zen, minimalist oriental and all other interior styles, available for single display or combined matching plaques to form a series installation.

The painting adopts an innovative layered auspicious composition of “water waves setting off fish, lotus hidden inside fish belly”. Shallow carved water waves restore the aquatic environment where fish live, the central angelfish is composed of endless intertwined vines, and a lotus flower is painted on blank space in the fish belly, forming echoing layers inside and outside the motif. The fish symbolizes surplus and wealth year after year, lotus stands for purity, nobility and harmony, and intertwined vines represent perpetual vitality and lasting fortune. The integration of three traditional auspicious images carries multiple Chinese blessings for abundance, elegance and longevity. Breaking the two-dimensional limits of traditional flat porcelain painting, the work unites two artistic forms: shallow embossed sculpture and underglaze blue ink wash painting. The pale water wave background is restrained and subtle, the three-dimensional dark blue intertwined fish forms the visual focal point, and the pale blue lotus in the belly serves as visual anchor. Contrasts of light & dark, flat & raised build rhythmic picture rhythm. Twisting fluid vine lines are layered with blue gradation to restore ink diffusion texture. Ample blank white porcelain background embodies oriental blank-space aesthetics, with minimalist restrained blue-and-white tones balancing the freehand elegance of Chinese ink painting and the tactile solid texture of three-dimensional ceramic sculpture.

Rooted in Jingdezhen’s thousand-year heritage of underglaze blue painting and porcelain plaque embossing craft, this work innovatively applies three-layer three-dimensional composite decoration techniques, breaking the two-dimensional flat creative limits of traditional blue and white porcelain plaques. It reconstructs and integrates three classic traditional auspicious symbols: water waves, intertwined vine fish and lotus, reinterpreting classical patterns with modern abstract freehand lines to realize life-oriented contemporary artistic transformation of traditional auspicious themes. The combination of multi-layer embossed base and three-dimensional piled blue pigment features extremely low firing tolerance. Multi-layer raised vines are prone to deformation and glaze flow under high temperature, making the blue shade and embossed texture of every single plaque unique and irreproducible. The balanced square silhouette fits mainstream aesthetics of modern wall furnishing and tea room display, and its minimalist blue-and-white palette matches all interior styles. It holds integrated value for wall decoration display, handmade ceramic art collection and ceramic sculpture craft research, standing as a high-end contemporary comprehensive art porcelain plaque unifying sculptural quality, painting quality, craftsmanship and decorative appeal.