Blue & White Porcelain Ginger Jar - Couple in Cherry Blossom Mirrors Originally designed to hold wine

Originally designed to hold wine before later becoming the preferred vessel for displaying a single flowering plum branch

They were symbols of their favourite deity hung on the walls of village huts often covering a wall cavity which would have held a house god like Shiva

opening lid with interior compartments

34 x 49 cms tall

spiritual enlightenment and renewal

Blue & White Porcelain Ginger Jar - Couple in Cherry Blossom Mirrors Originally designed to hold wineGinger Jars are steeped in centuries of Chinese culture and history. Even though pottery developed in China 15,000 years ago, most experts believe that true porcelain which also originated in China didn't emerge in the region until the Han Dynasty (202 BC to 220 AD. Blue and white Ginger Jars are glazed using a transparent porcelain glaze dating back to the Tang Dynasty 618 907 It is believed that the Chinese began creating porcelain Ginger Jars