Blue & White Porcelain Lidded Temple Jar - Floral Design Chests The internal cabinet depicts smaller

The internal cabinet depicts smaller songbirds in bright

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

Many boxes of this style originally contained individual compartments for the different components used in making paan

in the hot and arid state of Rajasthan

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

Blue & White Porcelain Lidded Temple Jar - Floral Design Chests The internal cabinet depicts smallerThis 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