Blue & White Porcelain Tianqiuping Vase - Wave Dragons Small Mirrors 5 x 4 x 23

5 x 4 x 23

rich in history and charm

He's painted in a distressed finish

This Japanese tansu is made in the ko-dansu style and would have been used as a small personal chest

Blue & White Porcelain Tianqiuping Vase - Wave Dragons Small Mirrors 5 x 4 x 23This reproduction Chinese porcelain tianqiuping bottle vase is decorated in an 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 0 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