Description: This amazing
vase is covered with
bamboo hand-woven cover. The style of
vase is a specialty
craft unique to Sichuan (Szechuan) province, famous for its abundance of bamboo, and of course, pandas. The two pandas on the vase, depicted eating and playing, are not painted on but hand-woven from variegated strips of bambooThe abstract patterns are simple and elegant. The
design is not painted on, but hand woven with thin colored
bamboo strings.
These elegant
porcelain items are covered with patterns and carefully woven with
bamboo strands. Only one breed of
bamboo is suitable for making the cover. The piece in question must be over 66cm long between two ridges, lack marks or scratches of any kind, and be at least two years of age. The
quality of the set is such that 50kg of
bamboo can produce only 400 grams of finished
bamboo strips.
This
unique style of
porcelain was developed in Qing Dynasty (over 200 years ago) and was made exclusively for the royal family. The nature of the
porcelain and skillful
bamboo weave make this a perfect and
unique gift from China