Blue & White Porcelain Jardinière - Fish Design Bedside Cabinets Work boxes like these weres

Work boxes like these weres made in Canton for export to wealthy members of the British Georgian & American upper class in the Qing dynasty between 18th and early 20th centuries

It is carved in the Mughal style from teak wood

Chests and boxes from India are found in an extraordinary variety of styles reflecting the many cultures that influenced India

along with its naturally weathered patina

105 x 43 x 98 (wxdxh cms)

Blue & White Porcelain Jardinière - Fish Design Bedside Cabinets Work boxes like these weresThis reproduction Chinese porcelain jardinire is decorated with a delicate fish design and is ideally suited for a plant, 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. This design is inspired by an important 14th century, Yuan style fish and algae