Chinese Qing Dynasty Period, Qianlong famille rose gilt open face reward vase. The porcelain potted in shape reward vase, thick and bulbous lower body, tapered gracefully toward straight tall neck, slightly flaring upper opening mouth lip, raised on slightly short small concave foot base. All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white 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 main body adorned with relaxing sheep on the field grass among flowers blooms, dense tree, the rocky, all in the landscape a salubrious garden. The neck and the shoulder decorated with emerging numerous gilt thick rings lines, among abundant flowers blooms interspersed with scrolling tendril. In ancient China, a sheep symbolized the concept of justice. Xiezhi was a mystical sheep that sought out people who had committed crimes and would gore them with its horns for punishment. The Sheep Sign of the Zodiac, In the Chinese zodiac, the eighth symbol is a sheep (though it’s sometimes symbolized with a goat or a ram). 2015 is a sheep year, and so was 2003, 1991, 1979, 1967, 1955 and 1943. So anyone born in these years is considered a Sheep when it comes to the zodiac. Sheep are very sensitive people given to flights of fancy and deep creativity. They love things of beauty, and will surround themselves with luxurious items whenever possible. That includes clothes, and you can count on a Sheep to know the latest fashions. This piece displays a subtle sheen as the light ricochets across the finely exterior, glazed smooth, brilliant with a moist appearance, the finishing meticulous. The Under-base bears a reign mark, a six underglaze red seal script characters reign mark, Made In The Years of Qianlong Reign Period of The Great Qing Dynasty.Height:13.75 inWidth: 7.75 inDepth: 7.75 in