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ANTIQUE IMPERIAL DYNASTY MINIATURE VASE COLLECTION
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You are bidding on a 12 vase collection of the Treasures of the Imperial Dynasty Miniature Vase Collection. This collection is fine porcelain by Franklin Porcelain. It includes a wood case that all 12 vases are displayed in. These miniatures were inspired by the vases created during the Ch'ing Dynasty. These vases are made in Japan and were made in 1980! So they are antiques. Each mini vase has an owner booklet that describes the make and history on that vase. This set includes a beautiful dark pine (16" T x 10" W) display case. The case is made in Taiwan. This is a very beautiful collectors item. The detail in the vases is amazing and the vases are all in mint condition. This is a porcelain collectors dream or great for any of you with a love for the history of China.> 12 Mini Vases in mint condition> Beautiful Pine display case> Fine Franklin Porcelain Quality> 1980 Antique Collectables!HAPPY BIDDING!!!! A Bit of History...Ch’ing(1644-1912)To help restore order after the Ming Dynasty’s last emperor hanged himself, the Chinese invited foreign Manchu soldiers into their country. As the Manchus quashed resistance, they confiscated land and declared a new dynasty, the Ch’ing, by 1673.Ch’ing emperors were autocratic, controlling almost completely the administration’s bureaucracy. Like the Ming and other dynastic emperors, they were land hungry and in time occupied Manchuria, Mongolia, Sinkiang, and Taiwan. They also made protectorates out of Tibet, Nepal, Burma, Vietnam, and Siam. In an age of missionary zeal, the West sent priests and preachers who sought converts but also helped the Ch’ing map its great lands as China reached its maximum historical reach. And with 300,000,000 people, it was the world’s most populous and, arguably, wealthiest country. This period proved, however, to be China’s zenith. The country had difficulty keeping pace with industrialized countries. New farming techniques, including the introduction of potatoes and maize from America, proved too little to keep pace with its population growth. Strained resources, pressure by European powers, and severe flooding wracked China’s strength. China’s port cities were increasingly dominated by merchant fleets of the West. One of their prized imports was the drug opium. Imperial measures to curb its spread led to the Opium Wars of the middle part of the nineteenth century. These China lost, resulting in Britain, France, Japan, and others carving up China’s coast. Millions of Chinese peasants were thrown out of work.In this cauldron of the disaffected, anti-foreign sentiment boiled, and from it spilled the Taipings, a zealous Confucian-Christian group numbering in the millions. The Taipings rebelled and, by 1853, they captured the city of Nanking. Here they declared the formation of a new state and Nanking its "Heavenly Capital." But their victory ended in 1864 as government forces, aided by European armies finally crushed the rebellion.JGMUSICPLUS-0002
JG Music Plus is a consignment seller. We sell items on consignment and we sell our own musical instruments.
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