Burnt Orange Porcelain Meiping Vase - Dragon & Phoenix Famille-Rose Porcelain dowry or cash

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It has a distressed blue paint finish

45 x 45 cms ( w x d x h)

Their durable construction and practical interiors reflect the demands of long-distance travel during the colonial period

hand-crafted in Rajasthan with a distinctive artisan finish

Burnt Orange Porcelain Meiping Vase - Dragon & Phoenix Famille-Rose Porcelain dowry or cashThis reproduction Chinese porcelain meiping vase is decorated in iron red glaze, sometimes called coral red it features a dragon and phoenix surrounded by lucky bats. The classic meiping shape (often called plum shape) was designed to hold a single branch of tree blossom. This elegant vase was inspired by the shape of the female body and was particularly popular during the Ming (1368 1644 AD) dynasty. Iron red glaze was a development from sancai