Blue & White Porcelain Yuhuchunping Vase - Wave Dragons Material - Camphor Wood but even without candles they

but even without candles they look very decorative hung on a wall

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A fine late 19th century Indian brass bound jewellery box

pieces such as this held great cultural significance

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Blue & White Porcelain Yuhuchunping Vase - Wave Dragons Material - Camphor Wood but even without candles theyThis reproduction Chinese porcelain yuhuchunping vase is skillfully decorated in 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 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