Blue & White Porcelain Yuhuchunping Vase - Wave Dragons Material - Camphor Wood A fine late 19th century

A fine late 19th century Indian brass bound jewellery box

and lacquerer

Style: Versatile shawl suitable for year-round wear

pieces such as this held great cultural significance

and spire detailing

Blue & White Porcelain Yuhuchunping Vase - Wave Dragons Material - Camphor Wood A fine late 19th centuryThis reproduction Chinese porcelain yuhuchunping vase is skillfully decorated in inverted blue & white glaze. The painting depicts five claw white dragons on a background of waves. Although the dragon was claimed as the symbol of the emperor during the Han dynasty (206 BC 22 AD) it wasn't until the Ming dynasty (1368 1644) that the five claw dragon became the specific symbol of imperial might. It was then that the use of the five claw dragon outside