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Dimensions (cm): Diameter: 11 Height: 8Chinese Qing Dynasty Period Iron Red Dragon Motif Porcelain Cup. Potted with a shallow body, slight deep, tall, thick and bulbous body, with angled cavetto elevated the steep sides upward wide flaring mouth rim, raised on a small round, with slight concave footing. All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white under glazed base color which contrast against the iron red color, depicted of snarling huge imperial five claws dragon careening through cumulus clouds above thrashing Li-shui waves in a dark blue color dragon squama to chasing flaming pearl amidst flames and vapors, enclosed with thick ring gold 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. And Red is the most important variety of China’s porcelain. The red color of the packet symbolizes good luck, corresponding with fire, symbolizes good fortune and joy. The glaze is seamless and gives off a beautiful luster, with the colors maintaining excellent vibrancy. The clay is very fine, with a brilliant glaze finish that was applied by a meticulous, the shape is uniformly proportioned. Mark on base, a six under glazed blue seal script characters reign mark, Made In The Years of Daoguang Reign Period of Great Qing Dynasty.