Blue & White Porcelain Ginger Jar - Phoenix In Clouds Chests the niche would originally have

the niche would originally have been built into the wall beside a doorway where oil lamps or small candles were placed to illuminate the entrance and welcome guests

40 x 29 x 48 (wxdxh cms)

these boxes were passed down through the family with each generation in the Thar desert area of West Rajasthan and were used as dowry chests

This exquisite 19th-century lacquer altar table from Fujian is a masterwork of southern Chinese craftsmanship

Blue & White Porcelain Ginger Jar - Phoenix In Clouds Chests the niche would originally haveGinger 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 618 907 It is believed that the Chinese began creating porcelain Ginger Jars