Vietnamese Bleu de Hue Large Porcelain Fish Bowl W/Imperial Dragon Motif (From a Vietnamese Royal Family) - This bowl is white porcelain with cobalt blue underglaze, and is elaborately decorated with imperial dragons among stylized smoke wisps and waves, grasping for the flaming pearl. The dragons have five claws, suggesting that this piece was made for imperial use, as pieces made for nobility depict dragons with five claws (while pieces made for the public use three or four claws). This piece has excellent investment potential, as it is thought by experts around the world and avid collectors that due to the rapid modernization of Vietnam, Vietnamese antiques will within the next ten years be more valuable than Chinese antiques. According to some of the most expert collectors in the world, what used to sell for hundreds are now selling for tens of thousands. This piece comes from the estate of a Vietnamese Royal Family (the family now lives in the United States, and wishes to remain private as they still have relatives living in Vietnam). Measurements: 24"H x 25.5" in diameter.