Chinese Qing Dynasty Kangxi Emperor Reign period dragon fish porcelain pot. Sturdy potted porcelain fish pot with robust shoulder region curving into a feminine waist that extends all the way to the bottom forming the raised circular base. Hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white underglaze base color which contrast against the Wucai design color. Wucai or five-color shades and tones, brightly painted in Wucai design, Opaque colors around the exterior, between the filling motif decorated in colorful vivid sgraffito ground of uptala. The main body delicately with enormous front facing iron-red imperial five-claws dragons flying between fresh green underglaze fumes clouds and flames above repeating key fret pattern on the foot base rim. The shoulder decorated with repeating scrolling ruyi clouds. Archaic Chinese myth beast and auspicious pattern adorned on the upper mouth rim. 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. The immaculate porcelain body covered with a characteristic silky glaze, pooling on the base slightly veiling the mark. The clay is very fine, with a brilliant glaze finish that was applied by a meticulous, the shape is uniformly proportioned. The glaze appearance on the blue painting resembled the texture of an orange peel "ju-pi" (chu-p'i) or a d chicken skin. The underside bears reign mark, a vertical six underglaze blue script characters reign mark, enclosed within double fine rings, Made In The Years of Kangxi Reign Period of Great Qing Dynasty.Measurements: Height: 12-3/8" Diameter: 15-1/2"