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What does a Chinese ginger jar look like?
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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.
Lotus GallerySeptember 23, 2020
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19th Century Chinese Ginger Jars
Located in Esbeek, NL
Beautiful set of Chinese ginger jars
18th century or earlier.
Category
Antique 18th Century Chinese Jars
Materials
Porcelain
$6,893 / set
Chinese Ginger Jar with Foo Dog Topper
Located in Dallas, TX
This large 1950s Chinese ginger jar is made of many bright, contrasting and vibrant colors.
Category
Vintage 1950s Chinese Jars
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Ginger Jars
Located in Tampa, FL
A striking par of Chinese ginger jars dating to the 19th century, presented with later associated lids and stands from the early 20th century, circa 1920s.
Category
Antique 1890s Chinese Jars
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
$850 / set
Turquoise Chinese Ginger Jar, Porcelain, Wang Bingrong Style, 1950s
Located in Glasgow, GB
This vintage Chinese ginger jar measures 15 cm tall and 14 cm in diameter.
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Jars
Materials
Porcelain
$242 Sale Price
29% Off
Antique Chinese Ginger Jar Vase, Navy Blue Ceramic, Early 20th Century
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) ceramic ginger jar vase in navy blue with a brown earthenware opening.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Jars
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Chinese Ginger Jar Vases, Green Floral Design, 20th Century
Located in Queens, NY
3 Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) similar green ginger jars with floral scrolling designs surrounding circular, yellow, centered emblems, unglazed openings, and a hole in the ba...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
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Japanese Gold Maki-e Lacquer Round Box with Bamboo and Tokugawa Mon, Edo Period
Located in Austin, TX
A very fine Japanese gold maki-e lacquer round confectionary box, kashibako, featuring bamboo and Tokugawa mon, late Edo Period, mid 19th century, Japan.
The elegant box of circular...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer
Materials
Gold Leaf
After Ogata Korin, Japanese Gold Lacquer Round Box, Meiji Period
By Ogata Korin
Located in Austin, TX
A striking Japanese Shijo School kinji gold lacquer round box, kashibako, with a shibayama design of horse and fuyou (cotton rose hibiscus), apocryphally signed Hokkyo Korin for Ogat...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer
Materials
Pewter
Japanese Rinpa School Lacquer Box with Autumn Flowers, Tebako, Edo Period
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Japanese Rinpa School lacquer box for personal accessories, te-bako, featuring a dense design of autumn flowers and grasses, Edo Period, early to mid 19th century, Japan.
Th...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer
Materials
Silver, Pewter, Gold Leaf
Japanese Meiji Bronze Vase with Auspicious Animals, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
An impressive Japanese cast and parcel gilt bronze vase with auspicious animals, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan.
The striking vase heavily cast and of flattened and modified balust...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Prince Shōtoku at Age 16, Kōyō-Zō Hanging Scroll, Edo/Meiji Period, mid 19th c
Located in Austin, TX
A fine and beautiful Japanese Buddhist devotional kōyō-zō painting of the revered Prince Shōtoku at the age of 16, mineral pigments and gilding on fine silk, silk brocade mounting, h...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Maki-e Lacquer Letter Box, Fubako, Edo Period, mid 19th c
Located in Austin, TX
A striking and powerful Japanese maki-e lacquer fubako, box for letters, with hawk, cherry, and Fuji, late Edo Period, circa 1850, Japan.
The cover of the fubako wonderfully worked ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Framed Silk Embroidered Panel with Foo Dogs, circa 1910
Located in Austin, TX
A fun and attractive Chinese coral silk ground, couched stitch, silk and metallic thread embroidered panel with foo lions at play, late Qing Dynasty or early Republic Period, circa 1...
Category
Vintage 1910s Chinese Qing Textiles
Materials
Metallic Thread
