在古时候，后辈子孙位为表示自己的孝敬之心，老人寿辰时，专门为寿星“办寿宴”制作一批寿宴用寿碗，有些讨寿者喝得酩酊大醉时，就将寿碗装进衣袋。最早的寿碗出现在明朝，那时候的寿碗都是在碗上刻有各种“寿”字或寓意长寿的寿桃、松柏、仙鹤等长寿象征物图形。长寿象征物多取自自然物，其取用的途径或者是因为这些事物本身有绵长的寿命，如龟鹤松柏，乃至泰山、寿石；有的是利用某物名称的字音、谐音取意，如常青藤、常春花、猫、绶带鸟、蝴蝶等；有的是因为它们是传说中可以使人长寿的物品，如桃子、枸杞、灵芝、菊花等。这些象征物被以图画的方式组合、结构，就形成了祝福长寿的吉祥图案，诸如：“龟鹤齐龄”，画龟、鹤，“五福捧寿”，画五只蝙蝠围绕寿字；“芝仙祝寿”，画灵芝、水仙、竹和寿石；“杞、菊延年”，画菊和枸杞。从明朝一直持续到清末的寿碗，统称为“通用版”寿碗，民间的通用版寿碗注重实用价值，而帝王的寿碗体现的是其纪念、收藏价值。民国时期，开始出现把寿星名字和年龄烧刻在碗身或碗底，这时期的寿碗统称为“刻字寿碗”。明清时期的帝王就数次为自己的生日庆贺制作寿碗，以清康熙、乾隆、嘉庆等帝王为例，每到自己的“寿辰”，就授命宫廷事务处制作堪称“工艺品”并刻有“万寿无疆”字样的寿碗，这种最早出现的寿碗由于其特定的出身和工艺，一般拥有者都会珍藏起来，传于子孙后代。 此碗造型规整，敞口，弧腹，矮圈足。胎质细腻坚致，釉汁莹润，釉色白中泛黄。整器纹饰绘画古拙遒劲，画面布局典雅有致，人物形象鲜活灵动，实为不可多得的精品。 In ancient times, in order to show their filial piety, the elder generation and grandchildren specially made a number of birthday bowls for birthday celebrations, and some longevity beggars put them into their pockets when they were drunk. The earliest bowls of longevity appeared in the Ming Dynasty, when the bowls were engraved with various "longevity" words or symbols of longevity such as peaches, pine and cypress, cranes and so on.The symbols of longevity are mostly taken from natural objects, either because they have a long life, such as tortoise, crane, pine and cypress, even Mount Tai and Shoushi, or because they are legendary. Articles such as peaches, wolfberries, Ganoderma lucidum, chrysanthemum and so on can make people live longer.These symbols are combined and structured in a pictorial way to form auspicious patterns for longevity blessings, such as "the turtle and crane are at the same age", "the turtle and crane are painted", "five blessings celebrate longevity", "five bats surround longevity", "Zhixian wish longevity", "Ganoderma lucidum, narcissus, bamboo and Shoushi", "Chinese wolfberry, chrysanthemum extend longevity", "chrysanthemum and wolfberry".From the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, the longevity bowl, collectively known as the "universal version" longevity bowl, the popular version of the folk longevity bowl pays attention to practical value, while the emperor's longevity bowl reflects its commemorative and collection value. During the period of the Republic of China, the name and age of the longevity star were carved on the bowl body or the bottom of the bowl. In this period, the longevity bowl was collectively called "engraved longevity bowl". Emperors in the Ming and Qing Dynasties made bowls for their birthday celebrations several times. Emperors Kangxi, Qianlong and Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty were taken as examples. Every time they came to their birthday, they instructed the palace affairs office to make bowls which could be called "handicraft" and engraved with the words "longevity without boundaries". The earliest bowls appeared because of their specific origins and characteristics. Craft, the general owner will treasure up, passed on to future generations. This bowl is regular in shape, open, arc belly, short circle foot. The fetus is delicate and firm, the glaze juice is bright and moist, and the glaze color is white and yellowish. The whole decorative painting is ancient and vigorous, the layout of the picture is elegant and elegant, and the image of the characters is vivid and vivid, which is really a rare boutique.