Chinese Qing Dynasty Period, Qianlong famille rose magpie and prunus motif porcelain censer. The Porcelain potted in globular, deep curved side, bulbous lower body steep round straight upward to straight opening mouth rim, raised on short footed ring, emerge elephant head on the shoulder in rose pink fine color. All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white under glaze base color which contrast against the famille rose design color. Famille rose hand painting depicted vividly hand painted in colorful 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 many magpie bird relax hanging on the sturdy branch tree interspersed with plum flowers blooms and fresh green foliage. The magpie is universally admired for its intelligence and guile but it can be a nuisance to farmers. In China it has a positive connotation, a harbinger of joy and as such a magpie is used in paintings to wish someone joy as Xi means glad, joy, happiness. If the character is shown upside down, like fu, good fortune, it means happiness is arriving. In pictures a group of magpie symbolizes many good wishes, with an official on horseback signifies multiple joys. Pictures with magpies, bamboos and plums signify a wish for marital joy. A pair of magpies symbolize marital bliss double happiness. 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. Mark on under base, a six under glazed blue script characters reign mark, YongZheng Reign Period of Great Qing Dynasty. Dimensions: 6.875"W x 4.875"H