Blue & White Porcelain Meiping Vase - Fish Design Finish - Lacquered giving the piece a direct

giving the piece a direct connection to its working life rather than a purely decorative past

internal shelving

62 x 8 x 69 (wxdxh cms)

Camphor Trunks were commonly produced as a set - one for the husband and one for the wife - and served as storage for garments

Once cooled

Blue & White Porcelain Meiping Vase - Fish Design Finish - Lacquered giving the piece a directA Blue & White Porcelain Meiping vase with fish design. This vase is hand made on the potters wheel in the traditional way. It is then decorated by hand before firing. The name "Meiping" means literally "Plum Vase" and is a style originating in the Song dynasty (960 1279) for use as a wine vessel. Usually they'd depict plum blossoms, but in this case, a dragon design has been used. Porcelain is steeped in centuries of Chinese culture and history. Even