Blue & White Porcelain Wine Jar - Fish Design Blue & White Porcelain This striking two-part lacquer pot

This striking two-part lacquer pot comes from Barmer in Rajasthan

It will eventually develop a Verdigris patina

Historical Use: Traditionally used for storing paan ingredients

reinforcing the idea of the piece as something animated rather than static

it's been painstakingly restored at Indigo to its original condition whist retaining a beautiful patina

Blue & White Porcelain Wine Jar - Fish Design Blue & White Porcelain This striking two-part lacquer potThis beautiful Wine Jar is made by hand. Before firing it is decorated with leaves and fish. Vases and jars like these are painstakingly made on the potters wheel in the traditional way in small workshops in Jingdezhen which is still the centre for the best quality porcelain. During the Ming Dynasty this is where the Emperor set up his famous imperial kilns. Porcelain is steeped in centuries of Chinese culture and history. Even though pottery