Blue & White Porcelain Lidded Temple Jar - Floral Design Chests They were often used as

They were often used as family altars or to store religious scrolls

It is from Rajasthan and would have been used for daily prayer

It has been sympathetically restored in our workshop and has retained its original brass hardware and fabulous distressed paint effect showing years of faded paint of various colours

in the hot and arid state of Rajasthan

square form

Blue & White Porcelain Lidded Temple Jar - Floral Design Chests They were often used asThis beautiful reproduction porcelain temple jar is decorated in the classic Chinese blue and white glaze and takes the elegant form of the meiping, or plum vase. This example is glazed in the Ming Yongle style and features lotus and trailing peony designs, with decorative spirals on the base and lid. The neck of the vase is adorned with a Ynjin cloud collar, while the side bears the inscription , meaning proclaiming great virtues. Hand painted in