Chinese Qing Dynasty Jiajing prunus blossoms over red glazed porcelain lidded box. Stoutly potted Chinese porcelain unto a slightly flattened round box, with rounded wide cavetto, correspondence dome lid, raised from rounded sides over a wide cavetto Inner flange circumscribed around the containers lip allows for a perfect fitment of the covering with grayish creme-brown thick rings lines on the each rim. All reserved in ruby-red 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. The dome lid and the lower body delicately with continuous decorated pear flowers blooms surround the exterior. 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 red seal script characters reign mark, enclosed within double fine blue rings lines, Made In The Years of Jiaqing Reign Period of The Great Qing Dynasty. Height: 3.875in Dia: 6.75inLOT NOTES:Pears are a long lived fruit tree, as they can survive for 350 years, and so they symbolize a wish for a long life. However unlike most other fruits the pear has a unfortunate homophone as li means separate divide so it should never be given as a present to a couple. Pear blossom with raindrops is considered one of the most beautiful sights and so is associated with a beautiful girl.