Antique ginger jar
86,00 €Price
Antique ginger jar
White and blue glazed earthenware
Probably chinese origin, 19th century
Mark at the bottom
H 12cm, D 12cm
Originally, ginger jars were used for storing and transporting spices in Ancient China. They were used as containers for salt, oil but also rarer spices such as ginger, hence the name they got when they began entering the Western world.
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