Chinese Qing Dynasty Period Tongzhi famille jaune red fu bats bowl. The porcelain potted with a shallow body, of a shallow vessel, broad wide cavetto, with a straight opening lip, raised on a small round, slightly raised concave footing. All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in famille jaune underglaze base color which contrast against the ruby red color. Famille Jaune meaning the "yellow family". This is a variant of the famille verte enamel palette in which the ground is covered with yellow enamel. The Exterior adorned with hundred flying fu bats surround the bowls, enclosed with thick gilt ring lines on the upper lip and the foot base rim. The word bat Fu, in Chinese sounds identical to the word for luck which is a pair of homophones implied linguistic symbolism the symbolic meaning of bat is commonly recognized as good fortune in Chinese culture and meaning the five blessings, is a concept that signify a grouping of certain good fortunes and luck in Chinese culture. The color is balanced, elegant and exquisite. The porcelain displays a subtle sheen as the light ricochets across the finely glazed exterior. This inadvertently gave texture, energy, and shading to the design. The clay is very fine, with a brilliant glaze finish that was applied by a meticulous, the shape is uniformly proportioned.

The Under-base bears a reign mark, a four underglaze red script characters reign mark, Made In The Years of Tongzhi Reign Period of The Great Qing Dynasty.

Height:1.63 in
Width: 3.63 in
Depth: 3.63 in

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