Dimensions (cm): Diameter: 16 Height: 4 Pair of Chinese Qing Dynasty Period Blue & white Floral Motif Plates. The porcelain potted in shallow vessel form, thick and large, with broad wide central interior, rounded cavetto gently tapering to open wide, with a straight open lip, raised with round shallow draft, slight concave base. All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white under glazed base color which contrast against the cobalt blue fine color. The Central interior depicted of big three lotus flower bloom with scrolling foliage. The exterior wall decorated with clean white, and enclosed with cumulus clouds, thrashing Lishui waves. Each section mark off and enclosed with double fine blue rings lines. A characteristic heaped and piled effect, the under glaze grayish-blue concentrates in certain areas, bubbling through the surface of the glaze and turning a deep blue-black. This inadvertently gave texture, energy, and shading to the design. The glaze is seamless and gives off a beautiful luster, with the colors maintaining excellent vibrancy. 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.