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Why is it called a ginger jar?
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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.
PAGODA REDOctober 7, 2020
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Chinese Famille Rose Ginger Jar with Lovebirds & Peonies, Early 20th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
This round Chinese ginger jar from the early 20th century is hand-painted with colorful overglaze enamels in the famille rose style.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Jars
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Famille Verte Cabbage Jar, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This whimsical Chinese ginger jar is decorated with famille verte enamels for an allover design of leafy green cabbage.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White Eternity Ginger Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This porcelain tea leaf jar is beautifully glazed in the blue-and-white manner, with hand-painted cobalt-blue decoration against a crisp white field. The porcelain jar has a rounded ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Jars
Materials
Porcelain
$248 / item
Chinese Famille Rose Ginger Jar with Ancient Censers, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautifully commemorated on this oval ginger jar, censers have been used for thousands of years in Chinese culture as a part of funeral rites or prayer offerings.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Jars
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Enameled Ginger Jar with Children at Play, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Contrasted by a crisp white field, this oval jar is decorated in the famille rose style with a lively scene of young children playing in a courtyard garden. Under an overarching bamb...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Jars
Materials
Enamel
Pair of Chinese Shizi Hong Ginger Jars
Located in Chicago, IL
A rich, monochrome red glaze coats this ginger jar shaped contemporary vase, drawing attention to its updated profile and its sculptural Fu dog top. Referred to as shizi, these mythi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
$1,280 / set
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Monumental Chinese Herbal Apothecary Cabinet, c. 1880
Located in Chicago, IL
This monumental apothecary cabinet once resided in a Qing-dynasty (1644-1911) Chinese pharmacy, filled with the dried plants, resins, and minerals of traditional herbal medicine. The...
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Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Apothecary Cabinets
Materials
Pine
Antique Chinese Famille Rose Jar with Phoenix & Peonies, Early 20th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
During the 18th century, Europeans provided an eager market for Chinese export porcelain, especially the colorful and fanciful ware known as “famille rose.” Named for a palette of op...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Famille Rose Rouleau Vase with Censers, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
During the 18th century, Europeans provided an eager market for Chinese export porcelain, especially the colorful and fanciful ware known as “famille rose.” Named for a palette of op...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Wild Timber Pot, Early 20th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
This incredible wooden vessel wears a lifetime of history on its surface, deeply weathered to expose the wood grain and darkened by a smooth patina. Shaped from a single tree trunk, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Primitive Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Wood
Slender Chinese Noodle Cabinet with Drawer, Early 20th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
A classic piece of Chinese furniture, this tall lacquered cabinet was likely part of a traditional wedding dowry, bestowed upon the groom by the bride's family filled with fine silks...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Minimalist Cabinets
Materials
Elm
Antique Chinese Copper Cauldron Pot, Early 19th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
This antique Chinese cauldron was shaped of hammered copper in the early 19th century, originally used above a fire as a cooking pot or kettle. The large metal pot has a squat, round...
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Primitive Planters, Cachepots and Jar...
Materials
Copper
Pair of Antique Chinese Lacquered Locking Cabinets, Early 20th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
These small Chinese locking cabinets from the early 20th century have richly aged patinas that only time can achieve. The little cabinets have a minimal, square-corner design with st...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Cabinets
Materials
Elm, Pine
