Dimensions: Height: 3.7 cm, Diam.: 18.5 cm Chinese Qing Dynasty Qianlong Gilt Poems Red glazed Flori form Porcelain Plate. The plate has a broad wide central interior, flori form mouth lip, thick, large, raised on correspondence footed ring base and slight concave. The interior, exterior plate entirely covered in simple and pure ruby red glaze. On the center decorated with Chinese calligraphy poems letter in gilt color. 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 Under-base bears a reign mark, a six gilt script characters reign mark. Made in The Years Qianlong Reign Period of The Great Qing Dynasty.