Porcelain Tianqiuping Vase - Burnt Orange Bats Style - Teapot This is a very unusual

This is a very unusual piece with very nice proportions

Such pieces were often made by skilled artisans and used in temples and homes alike for daily devotional practices

These vintage dolls which are usually in a pair as a bride and groom are displayed in living rooms of houses

These decorative Indian paperweights are hand carved from white marble by skilled craftspeople in Udaipur using traditional methods

Porcelain Tianqiuping Vase - Burnt Orange Bats Style - Teapot This is a very unusualThis beautifully decorated orange reproduction Chinese porcelain vase is decorated in iron red glaze, sometimes called coral red. This style was a development from sancai porcelain of the Ming period and came to prominence in the early Qing dynasty. This vase depicts intricately painted bats, considered a symbol of luck in China. This is due to the word for bat (fu ) and good fortune (fu sounding identical. Red bats like these spread good fortune,