Blue & White Porcelain Tianqiuping Vase - Wave Dragons Wool This 19th century carved teak

This 19th century carved teak window shutter from the Banswara tribal region of Rajasthan

Original tables like this are becoming increasingly difficult to find

Material: Bronze

"The Golden One

it works equally well as a decorative object

Blue & White Porcelain Tianqiuping Vase - Wave Dragons Wool This 19th century carved teakThis reproduction Chinese porcelain tianqiuping bottle vase is decorated in an 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 0 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