Chinoiserie Lidded Ginger Jar

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This is a lidded ginger jar featuring traditional blue and white Chinoiserie motifs. The design typically includes landscape elements like … Read more This is a lidded ginger jar featuring traditional blue and white Chinoiserie motifs. The design typically includes landscape elements like willow trees, hills and waterways, rendered in a distinctive cobalt glaze on porcelain or ceramic. The piece displays a blue underglaze square seal mark on base of the Chinese porcelain. Such marks are used to identify the dynasty, kiln, or artisan responsible for the creation of the vessel. See less