Ginger Jar with 'Hehe Erxian' Pattern, Early Qing Dynasty(17-18th century)

The vase features a broad, rounded body with a slightly flared neck and a pedestal base. The decoration consists of intricate brushwork in iron-brown pigment, depicting figures and s...

The jar is of globular shape and is decorated to the body with a geometric design band of lozenge-shaped motifs in blue, green, ochre and cream below a plain ochre everted mouth rim,...

This jar features a carved design, which is typical of Cizhou ware. It has a creamy white and brown color scheme, and the prominent decoration of lotus flower, which is a common motif in Chinese art and culture, symbolizing purity and enlightenment. The carving technique involves coating the vessel with a layer of white slip (liquid clay), then carving away parts of it to create the design, revealing the darker clay body beneath. This technique allows for a strong contrast between the background and the carved motif. Period : Song-Yuan Dynasty Type : Jar Medium : Cizhou Ware Size : 21.5 cm(Height), 11cm(Mouth Diameter) Provenance : Acquired in 1999, Hongkong * Cizhou Ware Cizhou is the name given to a number of stonewares, grey or buff, of varying degrees of hardness, with painted, incised or carved decoration on a clay slip. These stonewares were not only made in the region of Cizhou, Hebei Province, but in several provinces of China during the Song, Yuan and Ming periods. The great centres of production were in the north of China in the provinces of Hebei, Henan and Shanxi. Cizhou wares seem to have been very popular, made for a clientèle of rich merchants, at a period when the paintings of famous...

The jar features a straight mouth, rounded shoulders, a tucked-in belly, and outward-turned feet, with a high rounded lid topped with a bead. Its shape, resembling a general's helmet...

Yuan Dynasty- style jar with pewter rim (as used in Spice Road), featuring hand-painted scenes of figures in a garden. Republic period.

A vintage Chinese, cobalt blue ginger jar - circa 1970s - Qianlong Stamp Decorated with hand-enamelled chinoiserie-style framed scenes to both ...

This Pickling Jar was once used to pickle eggs and features a wonderful array of hand-painted motifs which include birds, foliage and other subtle symbols and patterning. The hand-pa...

This finely hand-painted ginger jar dates to the Qing Dynasty, circa 1850, and features a classic blue and white porcelain design. The surface is richly decorated with intricate flor...