Blue & White Porcelain Tall Ginger Jar - Double Happiness Planters & Wastepaper Bins A box is first sculpted

A box is first sculpted from wax and then coated with clay (usually made from termite hills) which creates the outer mold

the elephant was considered regal and a symbol of cosmic splendour

and decorative objects

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The lock plate is a double headed eagle known as Gandaberunda or Berunda

Blue & White Porcelain Tall Ginger Jar - Double Happiness Planters & Wastepaper Bins A box is first sculptedThis beautiful reproduction Chinese blue and white porcelain ginger jar has been decorated with the 'double happiness' symbol on a beautifully detailed floral background. Double happiness means 'Joy and Happiness' and is often on objects gifted at weddings. It is hand made and hand painted using traditional techniques handed down the generations in small workshops in Jingdezhen, the porcelain capital of the world. It is still the centre for the best