Blue & White Floral Porcelain Pear Shaped Vase Material - Mulberry Wood with his right hand gesturing

with his right hand gesturing to the earth in the bhumisparsa mudra position

both decorative and symbolic

This one is decorated with repeating geometric patterns

5 x 67 (WxDxH cms)

This style was a development from sancai porcelain of the Ming period and came to prominence in the early Qing dynasty

Blue & White Floral Porcelain Pear Shaped Vase Material - Mulberry Wood with his right hand gesturingThis Chinese reproduction pear shaped decorative vase is hand made on the potters wheel in the traditional way. It is then hand decorated before firing. Porcelain is steeped in centuries of Chinese culture and history. Even though pottery developed in China 15,000 years ago, most experts believe that true porcelain which also originated in China didn't emerge in the region until the Han Dynasty 202 BC to 220 AD. Blue and white porcelain is glazed