在我国古代瓷器中,植物图案渊源流长,种类繁多,就其数量而言,远远超过动物图案,而植物图案中的桃纹(包括枝叶、果实)在植物图案中又占有相当大的比例。时至今日,桃纹仍是瓷器上的主要装饰纹样之一。这不仅是因为桃的花果鲜艳夺目,令人喜爱,更因为桃有着耐人寻味的传说和寓意。一、古代典型桃纹瓷器桃纹从什么时代开始作为瓷器上的装饰图案尚无人考究,但从有关注录瓷器看,应该说始于宋代,有上海博物馆藏龙泉青瓷桃式洗和河北定县塔基出土桃形粉盒为证。不过这两件都是模拟桃子形状的瓷器。到元代,发现青花双桃大盘、釉里红桃纹大盘在盘心出现了折枝 In China’s ancient porcelain, the origins and origins of plant motifs are long and diverse, far exceeding the number of animal motifs in terms of their number, while peach patterns (including foliage and fruits) in plant motifs occupy a considerable proportion of plant motifs . Today, peach pattern is still one of the main decorative patterns on porcelain. This is not only because of peach’s colorful, lovely, but also because peach has an intriguing legend and moral. First, the ancient typical peach porcelain peach pattern from what time as a decorative pattern on porcelain is still unknown, but from the recorded porcelain, it should be said that began in the Song Dynasty, Shanghai Museum Longquan celadon peach wash and Hebei set Taki peach powder box as evidence. But both are porcelain mimicking peach shapes. To the Yuan Dynasty, blue and white double peach tape found, enamel red peach pattern tape appeared in the heart of a broken branch