Chinese Qing Dynasty Period, DaoGuang Fu dog motif motif porcelain bowl. The porcelain potted with a shallow body, slight deep, broad cavetto, with a slight flaring opening lip, raised on a small round, with concave footing. All reserved in hand painting ornamentations, rendered in clean white under glazed ground 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 fu dog in various pursuit among silk ribbon. And the interior decorated with flying magpie bird among ripe peach flowers blooms. The Dogs are an important motif in Chinese mythology. These motifs include a particular dog which accompanies a hero, the dog as one of the twelve totem creatures for which years are named, a dog giving first provision of grain which allowed current agriculture, and claims of having a magical dog as an original ancestor in the case of certain ethnic groups. For thousands of years, a twelve-year cycle named after various real or mythological animals has been used in Southeast Asia. This twelve-year cycle, sometimes referred to as the "Chinese zodiac," associates each year in turn with a certain creature, in a fixed order of twelve animals, after which it returns to the first in the order, the Rat. The eleventh in the cycle is the Dog. 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 red seal script characters reign mark, DaoGuang Reign Period of Great Qing Dynasty. Dimensions: 7.375"L x 2.5"H