Ginger jar

unknown1644/1911

Civic Museums of Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia, Italy

Ginger jar with ovoid body and stocky collar that probably also had a low lid. It belongs to a couple: each jar has a complex decoration, that mirrors one to another, composed of symbolic elements with auspicious meanings and more hidden gallant allusions.
Pansa Collection

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Title: Ginger jar
Creator: unknown
Date: 1644/1911
Location: Musei Civici di Reggio Emilia
Photographer: Carlo Vannini
Period: Qing dinasty: XVIII century a.D.
Provenance: China, Jingdezhen furnaces Jiangxi).
Type: Etnic handmade
Medium: Porcelain with painted decoration

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