Rochard Chinese Lantern Porcelain Limoges Box

Glowing red lanterns strung along city streets are the sign that Lunar New Year has arrived, and this porcelain piece borrows that festive shape. It is a Rochard Chinese lantern, hand-painted in Limoges, France, as a Limoges box with a worldly spirit.

Lighting Up the New Year

In Chinese tradition, lanterns stand for good fortune, family reunions and bright beginnings, and the Lantern Festival closes the New Year season with thousands of them glowing at once. Rochard captures the lantern form in porcelain and paints each one by hand.

Around the World on One Shelf

• A Rochard design hand-painted in Limoges, France
• Fits a Lunar New Year, Asian culture or world travel collection
• Pairs with zodiac year, pagoda and terracotta soldier pieces

Good Fortune for Every Occasion

Give it at Lunar New Year, as a housewarming wish for prosperity, or as a memento of a trip to Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong or Taipei. It suits a friend who celebrates the holiday with family each winter, or a traveler who keeps a shelf of souvenirs from every stop. Display it on a mantel with red and gold accents, a curio of world pieces, or the entry table where guests will see it first.