Chinese Qing Dynasty Period, Qianlong famille rose gilt dragon vase. The porcelain potted in bulbous body, rectangles slight oval, rounded shoulder gently tapered towards slender neck terminating the banded and straight open lip, emerge two archaic scrolling ruyi handles flanked on the upper open lip toward the shoulder, raised upon flat splayed foot base rim. All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in rose pink underglaze base color which contrast against the famille rose design color. Famille rose hand painting depicted vividly hand painted in enamel design, famille rose translates to the pink family, on a colored ground decoration. Each bulging sides enclosing colorful falangcai, famille rose on a colored ground decoration, of Bajixiang. The exterior decorated with snarling huge imperial five claws dragon careening through cumulus clouds above thrashing Li-shui waves in a gilt fine color dragon squama rounded the bowl to chasing flaming pearl amidst flames, among flowers blooms and scrolling interlocking tendril, enclosed with thrashing wavy Lishui water with single thick gilt ring line. The Shoulder festooned with big lotus flowers blooms interspersed fresh green foliage and tendril, and the neck adorned with upturning lappets, enclosed with interlocking taotie mask and single thick ring line. Dragon is the symbol of the Emperor, the Son of Heaven, eternity, Yang and Yin, male vigor and fecundity, the Li-shui wave pattern which is known to be the abode of dragons. 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:9.5 inWidth: 7.25 inDepth: 5.13 in