Pair of Chinese Qing Dynasty SHENDETANG mark, peacock green porcelain bowls. The porcelain potted with a shallow body, of a deep vessel, broad wide cavetto, with a slight flaring opening lip, raised on a short round and slightly raised concave footing. All reserved hand painted ornamentations are rendered in peacock green under glazed base color which contrasts against the famille rose design color. In Chinese it is called Lu You. It is a lime glaze that contains a copper oxide, which in the oxidative atmosphere, is green. Ever since the Ming Dynasty, there have been high temperature green and low temperature green glazes. The “peacock green” glaze produced in the ChengHua Period of the Ming is most precious. And Famille rose hand painting depicted vividly hand painted in enamel design, famille rose translates to the pink family, on a colored ground decoration. Each bulging sides enclosing colorful falangcai, famille rose on a colored ground decoration, of BaJiXiang. The exterior decorated with many immortals in various pursuits below the lush tree and meadow field. 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. 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. Dimensions: H 34cm , W 37.5cm , D 37.5cm