Dimensions (cm): Diameter: 13 Height: 6 Pair of Chinese Qing Dynasty Period Iron Red Gilt Over glazed detail Bowls. Potted with a shallow body, slight deep, thick and bulbous body, with angled cavetto elevated the steep sides upward flaring mouth rim, raised on a small round, with slight concave footing. All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in iron red glazed base color which contrast against the gilt fine color, depicted of big lotus blooms surrounded with interlocking scrolling tendril foliage and flying Fu bats, enclosed with interlocking key fret on the foot rim and interlocking floral on the inner mouth rim. Red represents fire and is the most popular color in China. It is also the national color representing happiness, beauty, vitality, good luck, success and good fortune. And Gold is a color of completeness, wealth, metal, God consciousness, richness and nobility. Combinations of gold and red are seen on special occasions and is a winning color combination. The glaze is seamless and gives off a beautiful luster, with the colors maintaining excellent vibrancy. This inadvertently gave texture, energy, and shading to the design. 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 base, a six under glazed blue seal script characters reign mark, Made In The Years of Daoguang Reign Period of Great Qing Dynasty.