What does it mean to draw a rake on an antique plate?

Rakes are agricultural tools used to collect or evacuate firewood, grain and land consolidation. Drawing a rake on a plate represents farmers' good expectations for a bumper harvest.

As early as the Neolithic Age, patterns were used to decorate ceramics. In the long historical years, people decorated many patterns on ceramics to reflect people's pursuit of beautiful things and yearning for freedom. Among them are flowers and birds, insects and fish, landscape figures and so on. They are all commonly used patterns, which not only reflect the wisdom of working people, but also inherit people's expectation for good luck and their desire and pursuit for a happy life.