Blue & White Porcelain Ginger Jar - Double Happiness Lighting This old Indian brass box

This old Indian brass box is from the Dhokra tribal area of Orissa

Although often associated with Orissa

These exquisite parrots were originally from a Krishna swing in the town of Bikaner which is famed for its painted and decorated buildings

creating a fresh

Blue & White Porcelain Ginger Jar - Double Happiness Lighting This old Indian brass boxThis beautiful ginger jar is hand made and hand painted in small workshops in Jingdezhen which is still the centre for the best quality porcelain. During the Ming dynasty, the Emperor set up his famous imperial kilns. Ginger jars are steeped in centuries of Chinese culture and history originating in the Qin dynasty (221 207 BC) when ginger and other luxury Chinese goods became a major export to the Western world. These decorative jars were used