Chinese Qing Dynasty Period, Yongzheng DouCai dragon plate. The Porcelain potted in shallow vessel form, with broad wide central interior, rounded cavetto gently tapering to open wide, a slightly flared 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 DouCai design color. Doucai decoration the design is outlined in underglaze blue and filled in with overglaze colored enamels except blue. Colors which fit together but also contrasting or joined colors. Decoration in a combination of underglaze cobalt blue outlines and enamels added on top of the fired glaze, within the outlines. The Center interior medallion adorned with snarling huge imperial five claws dragon and phoenix careening through cumulus clouds, flaming ruyi. The mid body decorated with abundant flowers blooms interspersed with scrolling foliage. The outer rim festooned with cumulus ruyi clouds, each section banded and enclosed with double fine blue rings. Since the dragon and the phoenix usually serve as auspicious symbols, any reported sightings of a dragon or phoenix were considered extremely auspicious, heralding a glorious period of peace and prosperity for the people and the country. This is reflected in the Chinese saying: "When the dragon soars and the phoenix dances, the people will enjoy happiness for years, bringing peace and tranquility to all under heaven. 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. 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 six underglaze blue script characters reign mark, Made In The Years of Yongzheng Reign Period of The Great Qing Dynasty.Height:3 inWidth: 14.38 inDepth: 14.38 in