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Fish Ginger Jars

Pair of Chinese Yellow Ginger Jar Lamps with Coy Fish
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of painted coy fish yellow Chinese ginger jar lamps.
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20th Century Chinese Table Lamps

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Porcelain

Pair Satin Brass Ginger Jar Table Lamps By Wildwood
Located in New York, NY
circa 1980s-1990s Pair of rewired satin brass ginger jar lamps on bases in the Hollywood Regency
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Vintage 1980s American Hollywood Regency Table Lamps

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Brass

Early 20th Century Chinese Famille Noire Porcelain Ovoid Ginger Jar with Lid
Located in Doylestown, PA
Early 20th century Chinese Famille Noire porcelain ovoid ginger jar with lid. Wonderful ovoid
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Vintage 1920s Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

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Porcelain

A pair of Chinese, blue and white porcelain ginger jars with wooden covers
Located in London, GB
From our collection of antique Chinese porcelain, a pair of 19th century blue and white jars with
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Ceramics

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Porcelain

Large Chinese Blue Grey Pottery Table Lamps
Located in Sheffield, MA
Highly decorative over-size stunning blue and white Asian style ginger jar lamp featuring a blue
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21st Century and Contemporary Asian Chinese Export Table Lamps

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Ceramic

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Chinese Porcelain Plate Ching Dinasty
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Pure, simple, elegant, antique from '800 Ching dinasty: a bleu porcelain dish to put everywhere, to admire and to use when you wish to offer something to your guests. Look all collec...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Other Ceramics

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Porcelain

Chinese Vintage Japanese Kutani Style Lamp with Court Scenes and Wooden Base
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese vintage Japanese Kutani style lamp from the mid-20th century, with court scenes and wooden base. Crafted in China during the midcentury period, this Kutani style lamp attra...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Table Lamps

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Porcelain, Wood

Chinese Porcelain Plate or Dish Celadon Glaze Moulded or Incised Lappets, Qing
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good Chinese porcelain plate or dish with moulded or incised decoration in the Ming style, which we date to the late Qing dynasty, circa 1900. The plate has a diame...
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

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Porcelain

Antique Chinese Blue & White BW Wine Cup Qing Daoguang Mark 19th Century
Located in Richmond, CA
A fine Chinese porcelain wine cup, hand painted in underglaze blue with figures in various martial arts pursuits, with a four character Daoguang mark within the footring, and of the ...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

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Porcelain

18th Century Chinese Export "Rockefeller Pattern" Punch Pot
Located in Dallas, TX
"Rockefeller Pattern" / Chinese Export Famille Rose Mandarin-Pattern punch pot (or large tea pot) and cover. Qianlong Period (1736-1795), the vessel finely enameled to each side with...
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Porcelain

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Porcelain

A Wucai 'Peony' Vase Transitional Period, 17th century, Early Qing Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
The jar features a balanced and robust form, typical of the Transitional period, which was a time of significant change and innovation in Chinese porcelain art. The decoration is exu...
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Qing Antiquities

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Ceramic

Chinese Yongzheng Mark Large Famille Noir Rouleau Porcelain Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and impressive Chinese famille noir porcelain vase hand painted with decorative panels with birds, animals and scholars objects dating from the early to mid-20th century. The...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

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Porcelain

Mid-Century Chinoiserie Hand Painted Orange Italian Lidded Pottery Ginger Jar
Located in Cookeville, TN
Exquisite Mid-Century Orange Italian Pottery Ginger Jar Chinoiserie. Hand Painted Flower Detail, Lidded.
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Jars

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Ceramic, Paint

Antique Chinese Porcelain Blue&White Dragon Bowl Fu Gui Chang Chun Mark Ming 17c
Located in Richmond, CA
This exceptional blue and white dragon bowl, dating back to the late Ming Dynasty, is a remarkable piece from an unique period in Chinese porcelain manufacturing known as "官搭民烧" (Gu...
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming Ceramics

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Porcelain

Pair of Chinese Ginger Jar Lamps
Located in Sheffield, MA
The pair of blue-and-off-white Chinese ginger jar lamps have Chinese characters as decoration. Simple and Classic at the same time. The fixtures are made for European shades which we...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps

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Ceramic

Antique Chinese Porcelain Qianlong Period Blue White Dinner Plate, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated set of 5 large plates. Dating to circa 1700-1720 A scene of peony, bamboo, chrysanthemum & rocks Peony - Mu-Dan - Queen of Flowers, the peony is a emblem of...
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Pair of Signed Antonio Zen Hexagonal Lamps, Made in Italy
By Antonio Zen None
Located in Lomita, CA
This lamps are from the Northern Italian center for ceramics, Ancora. .A pair of vintage Italian hand-painted porcelain hexagonal table lamps are decorated and signed by the artist, ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Ceramic

19th Century Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Garlic Mouth Vase, Kangxi Marks
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The globular body decorated with hand applied enamels depicting nobles taking tea while surrounded by attendants and small children. The slender neck rising to a bulbous mouth (seemi...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

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Porcelain

Qing,Famille Rose antique porcelain plaque with moral painting
Located in San Gabriel, CA
Qing,Famille Rose antique porcelain plaque with moral paiting of Xiaoyi/ 清,粉彩孝义图瓷板(全品) Item measurement:approximate H :8.5 inch,W:6 inch. Please refer the size in the image above. ...
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20th Century Chinese Antiquities

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Porcelain

Chinese Porcelain Ginger Jar Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of circa 1920's Chinese hand painted glazed porcelain ginger jar table lamps with flowering tree and bird motif and wood bases. Measurements: Height of body 14" Height to shade...
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Vintage 1920s Chinese Table Lamps

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Porcelain

Antique Kutani Maison Ginger Jar
Located in Jupiter, FL
Antique Kutani Maison ginger jar.This is quite the statement piece, it is delicatly painted with beautiful pastel colors of peacocks, floral arrangement surround the figures, the col...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Other Ceramics

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Ceramic

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19th Century Chinese Blue and White Ginger Jars
Located in Fulton, CA
A pair of hand painted Chinese porcelain ginger jars. Depicting a dragon and fish.
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Ming Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Large Pair of Chinese Blue and White Ginger Jar Lamps
Located in Shrewsbury, GB
A stunning pair of Chinese blue and white ginger jar lamps of unusually large size and superb
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Table Lamps

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Chinese Clobbered Squat Jars, circa 1800
Located in Sheffield, MA
Pair of Chinese "clobbered" small ginger jars enameled with gilding, red dragons, a figure with
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

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Porcelain

Large Oriental Ginger Jar, Vintage, Decorative Ceramic Vase, Koi Carp Fish
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a large oriental ginger jar. A vintage, decorative, ceramic vase with lid displaying koi
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20th Century Chinese Export Jars

Materials

Ceramic

Fish Scale Patterened Ginger Jars
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Vibrant pair of fish scale patterned, ginger jars with lids.
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Early 20th Century Chinese Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Tall Chinese Blue and White Ginger Jar with Fish and Fronds
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese blue-and-white porcelain lives on in this contemporary sea-inspired ginger jar. Intricately
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

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Porcelain

Lucky Baby Blue and White Ginger Jars
Located in Chicago, IL
A blue and white ginger jars from Jiangxi Province, China painted with lucky babies and fish with a
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Late 20th Century Chinese Urns

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Porcelain

Flora Danica Dinner Service, 82-piece
Located in New Orleans, LA
Danica covered ginger jar, which displays not one, but three different plants. A work of scientific
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20th Century Danish More Dining and Entertaining

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Porcelain

Monumental Chinese Blue and White Koi Ginger Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
, traditional Chinese blue-and-white porcelain lives on in this monumental jar. Delicately painted by hand, it
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain, Paint

Pair of Large Early 20th Century Chinese Ginger Jars
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Large Early 20th Century Ginger Jars. Decorated with koi fish and aquatic vegetation.
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Vintage 1920s Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Classic Pair of Blue and White Canton Style Ginger Jar Lamps with Carp
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant pair of blue and white canton style ginger jars mounted as lamps on dark wood stands and
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Vintage 1950s Chinese Chinese Export Table Lamps

Materials

Porcelain

Bernard Moore Ginger Jar
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Bernard Moore Ginger Jar decorated with lustrous fish.
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Early 20th Century British Pottery

Pilkington's Lustre Ginger Jar
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Pilkington's Lustre Ginger Jar decorated with 4 fish by Richard Joyce.
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20th Century British Vases

Jiaqing ChineseGinger Jar with Cover
Located in Leeds, GB
The Ginger Jar with Cover, dating from the very early nineteenth-century and made for the Chinese
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Antique 1810s Chinese Porcelain

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Questions About Fish Ginger Jars
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021
    Ginger jars are blue and white patterned jars that were once used for transporting spices in Ancient China. Today, they serve decorative purposes in homes.
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021
    A ginger jar lamp pairs a lovely lampshade with an ornate Chinese spice jar to create a visually appealing lamp. The lampshades can be neutral or colorful to create a beautiful effect. Find a collection of antique and vintage table lamps on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
    The original purpose of a ginger jar was to transport herbs and spices. It was European traders who gave the highly decorative containers their name. Today, people use ginger jars as decorations. Find a selection of ginger jars on 1stDibs.
  • PAGODA RED
    PAGODA REDOctober 7, 2020

    With a similar shape to the baluster jar, Chinese porcelain ginger jars have a rounded form, with broad shoulders tapering to the base and a narrowed neck topped by a domed lid. The unusual name comes from the export market, wherein salt and spices such as ground ginger travelled West in lidded storage vessels.

  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    A ginger jar is a typically round jar that widens toward the top, or ‘shoulders’ of the jar. The narrower mouth is topped by a smooth domed lid. A temple jar features a handle or knob on the top of the lid. The jar itself is more curved as well. On 1stDibs, find a selection of ginger jars and temple jars.
  • Lotus Gallery
    Lotus GallerySeptember 23, 2020

    Chinese ginger jars were originally made as utilitarian vessels used to store various herbs and spices. Today, they are almost exclusively decorative objects.

  • Lotus Gallery
    Lotus GallerySeptember 23, 2020

    Chinese ginger jars are defined by their round, compact shape, wide mouth, short neck, and fitted cover.

  • Lotus Gallery
    Lotus GallerySeptember 23, 2020

    A Chinese ginger jar should be fairly compact in size, with a rounded, globular or ovoid body, high shoulders, a wide circular mouth, short neck, and a fitted cover.