Although the humble willow pattern came too late to cash in on the fashion for Chinoiserie among royalty and the aristocracy, it has its place in the story of East-West exchange, and it really did manage to capture the essence of Chinese ideals of life.
大眾化的青花柳葉盤，雖然沒有趕上王公貴族「中國情調」的時潮，卻在這東西交會的機緣上靈犀一點，真正碰觸到中國人人生理想的精髓了。