Pair of Chinese Guangxu blue & white Longevity Shou medallions bowls. The porcelain potted with a shallow body, of a shallow vessel, broad wide cavetto, with a straight opening lip, raised on a small round, slightly raised concave footing. All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in clean white underglaze base color which contrast against the cobalt blue fine color. The Exterior adorned with cumulus ruyi clouds, flying bird among Shou Chinese calligraphy above thrashing wavy Lishui water, enclosed with double fine blue ring lines on the upper lip and lower belly. Three of the most important goals in life in Chinese traditional thought are the propitious blessings of happiness, professional success or prosperity, and longevity . These are visually represented by the three "star gods" of the same names, commonly depicted as three male figurines Shou is instantly recognizable. "He holds in his hand a large peach, and attached to his long staff are a gourd and a scroll. The stag and the bat both indicate fu happiness. The peach, gourd, and scroll are symbols of longevity. The ideograph may appear alone or be surrounded by flowers, bats, or other good luck symbols, but will always hold a central position. Longevity is commonly recognized as one of the Five Blessings - longevity, wealth, health, love of virtue, a peaceful death of Chinese belief. The porcelain displays a subtle sheen as the light ricochets across the finely glazed exterior. The clay is very fine, with a brilliant glaze finish that was applied by a meticulous, the shape is uniformly proportioned.

The Under-base bears a reign mark, a six underglaze blue script characters reign mark, Made In The Years of Guangxu Reign Period of The Great Qing Dynasty.

Height:2.75 in
Width: 5.5 in
Depth: 5.5 in

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