Blue & White Porcelain Tianqiuping Vase - Wave Dragons Small Mirrors These antique Chinese chairs are

These antique Chinese chairs are usually known as officials hat chairs because the shape of the back was reminiscent of an officials hat

mounted on original wheels

This Japanese tansu is made in the ko-dansu style and would have been used as a small personal chest

The pierced openings around the sides and centre of the seat remain faithful to the traditional form

Blue & White Porcelain Tianqiuping Vase - Wave Dragons Small Mirrors These antique Chinese chairs areThis reproduction Chinese porcelain tianqiuping bottle vase is decorated in an inverted blue & white glaze. The painting depicts five claw white dragons on a background of waves. Although the dragon was claimed as the symbol of the emperor during the Han dynasty (206 BC 22 AD) it wasn't until the Ming dynasty (1368 0 1644) that the five claw dragon became the specific symbol of imperial might. It was then that the use of the five claw dragon outside