Oriental porcelains were considered luxury items and as early as the sixteenth century they began to adorn the homes of European nobles. The techniques for producing porcelain remained unknown in the western world until the eighteenth century and thus oriental ceramics acquired an aura of mystery, charm and exoticism. These four vases were produced in China with the aim of being exported to Europe. The design that decorates them is composed of large buds of lotus flowers, among which appear a series of aquatic animals and insects.