Blue & White Porcelain Ginger Jar - Peony & Butterfly Design Famille-Rose Porcelain 5 x 26 (wxdxh cms)

5 x 26 (wxdxh cms)

The inscription on the print states: 'Hashidate

The leg bracelet on its right front leg is called a "neveri"

They've been expertly turned which gives them their characteristic groves

these architectural fragments are highly sought after for their decorative appeal

Blue & White Porcelain Ginger Jar - Peony & Butterfly Design Famille-Rose Porcelain 5 x 26 (wxdxh cms)Ginger 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 907It is believed that the Chinese began creating porcelain Ginger Jars around