Blue & White Porcelain Fish Design Jardinière Origin - Nepal The triple arch is carved

The triple arch is carved with a classic Mughal design and is typical of pieces from Madhya Pradesh

These elaborate chests were covered in finely carved animals

Chests like these would have needed to survive the hardships of day to day life in India

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Blue & White Porcelain Fish Design Jardinière Origin - Nepal The triple arch is carvedThis Chinese porcelain jardinire is decorated with a delicate a provincial fish design and is ideally suited to be used as a flower vase, perhaps an orchid, or a flowing crawler such as a devil's ivy. The fish is a longstanding symbol of wealth in China as the Chinese symbol for fish 'yu' can also be translated to 'abundance'. In ancient China, a fish in water symbolised marital harmony. All our reproduction Chinese porcelain is made in Jingdezhen,