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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 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 Peacocks & Peonies
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 Jars
Materials
Porcelain
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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Petite Chinese Greenery Meditation Stone
Located in Chicago, IL
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Set of Four Antique Chinese Bamboo Forest Panels, Late 19th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
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Antique Chinese Burled Market Basket, Early 20th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
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Early 20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Decorative Bowls
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Cypress
Antique Chinese Woven Top Jichimu Daybed, 19th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Benches
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Bamboo, Hardwood
Provincial Chinese Field Bin, Early 20th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
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Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Planters and Jardinieres
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Iron
Primitive Chinese Rice Mortar, 19th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
This sculptural wooden vessel is a 19th-century kitchen mortar used for grinding the outer husks off of rice and other grains. Beautifully aged with a crackled texture and deep groov...
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Primitive Decorative Bowls
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Elm
