Blue & White Porcelain Hexagonal Tea Caddy - Calligraphy Design Lampshades From North Tibet

From North Tibet

These lamps were used daily in domestic and devotional settings

This magnificent 19th-century teak horse head corbel originates from Gujarat and was originally carved as an architectural element from a grand doorway

86 x 35 x 124 (wxdxh cms)

Date: Mid-19th century

Blue & White Porcelain Hexagonal Tea Caddy - Calligraphy Design Lampshades From North TibetBlue and White Porcelain Tea Caddy, hand made on the potters wheel in the traditional way. It is then decorated before firing. Porcelain is steeped in centuries of Chinese culture and history. Even though pottery developed in China 15,000 years ago, most experts believe that true porcelain which also originated in China didn't emerge in the region until the Han Dynasty 202 BC to 220 AD. Blue and white porcelain is glazed using a transparent porcelain