Blue & White Porcelain Ginger Jar - Double Happiness Oriental They were symbols of their

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

now known as Nanking City

Steiner and Co Manchester and Kerr Tarruck and Co Calcutta Located just off Rochdale Road in Harpurhey Manchester is Turkey Lane where until the 1980s a huge old Dyehouse was sited

Supplied with 2 very robust wall hangers

enhancing light and adding contrast to the richly weathered exterior

Blue & White Porcelain Ginger Jar - Double Happiness Oriental They were symbols of theirThis beautiful ginger jar is hand made and hand painted in small workshops in Jingdezhen which is still the centre for the best quality porcelain. During the Ming dynasty, the Emperor set up his famous imperial kilns. Ginger jars are steeped in centuries of Chinese culture and history originating in the Qin dynasty (221 207 BC) when ginger and other luxury Chinese goods became a major export to the Western world. These decorative jars were used