Blue & White Porcelain Tianqiuping Vase - Wave Dragons Wool Adorning the bowl are various

Adorning the bowl are various scenes depicting figures fighting

it works equally well as a decorative object

Material: Bronze

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

Blue & White Porcelain Tianqiuping Vase - Wave Dragons Wool Adorning the bowl are variousThis 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