Measurements: Width: 16cm, Height: 8cm Chinese Qing Dynasty Qianlong Gold painter over Red Glazed Porcelain Octagonal 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 alum red and gold fine color, depicted of flying butterfly over peony blossom with fresh green foliage covered the surface. The Peony is mainly known for representing ideas and values like: Honor, especially for people who are bringing honor to their entire family through success, Wealth and riches, Romance and romantic love, with a particular focus on love between two strangers, Beauty in all forms. It symbolizes wealth and honor in the sense of high rank, having an official position, or high social status. The Under - base bears a reign mark, a four under glazed red script characters reign mark. Made in The Years Qianlong Reign Period of The Great Qing Dynasty.