Dimensions: Width: 22cm, Height: 7cmChinese Qing Dynasty Daoguang Blue and White Alum Red Eight Immortals Porcelain Bowl. The porcelain potted with a shallow body, slight deep, thick, flaring rim with angled cavetto elevated the steep sides upward the close mouth rim, raised on ring foot base slight concave. Hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white color which contrast against blue and red fine color, depicted of Eight immortals in various pursuit. Daoist The Eight Immortals are a group of legendary immortals in Chinese mythology. Each immortals power can be transferred to a power tool that can bestow life or destroy evil. Together, these eight tools are called the Covert Eight Immortals . Most of them are said to have been born in the Tang or Song dynasty. They are revered by the Taoists and are also a popular element in the secular Chinese culture. They are said to live on a group of five islands in the Bohai Sea, which includes Penglai Mountain-Island. The 8 Immortals are considered to be signs of prosperity and longevity, so they are popular themes in ancient and medieval art. The Under-base bears a reign mark, a six under glazed blue script characters reign mark, enclosed within blue rectangles lines. Made in The Years Daoguang Reign Period of The Great Qing Dynasty.