Chinese Qing Dynasty Period, Qianlong blue and red wrapped floral plate. The Porcelain potted in shallow vessel form, with broad wide central interior, rounded cavetto gently tapering to open wide, with straight opening lip, and raised with round shallow draft, slight concave footing. All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white underglaze base color which contrast against the blue and red color. The Center interior medallion adorned with abundant lotus flowers blooms called Flowers of the Four Seasons, interspersed with interlocking tendril and foliage, enclosed with triple fine blue rings. The mid interior body decorated with various flowers blooms called interspersed with scrolling tendril and foliage, enclosed with double fine blue rings. The outer rim decorated with scrolling ruyi clouds. Flowers of the Four Seasons: In the Chinese culture, specific flowers represent the seasons. winter: Plum Blossom, Spring: Peony, Summer: Lotus, Fall: Chrysanthemum. The health and condition of the flower also conveys meaning in the Chinese culture. Choose only the healthiest plants and flowers with well-formed blooms when choosing flowers for a celebration or to honor someone from China. This inadvertently gave texture, energy, and shading to the design. The Lines of the drawings are clear, the light and dark shades are subtle. The colors are harmonious, elegant and exquisite, the composition is sophisticated, simply a feast for the eye. 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 six underglaze blue script characters reign mark, Made In The Years of Qianlong Reign Period of The Great Qing Dynasty.

Height:2 in
Width: 10.13 in
Depth: 10.13 in

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