Antique Asian Blue and White Ginger Jar curated shop 4 1/2" corner to center

4 1/2" corner to center of opposite side

Quite heavy for its size

circa 1920s-40s vintage Japanese footed ceramic cachepot

This hand thrown

happy perched most anywhere or carried in a pocket as a good luck charm

Antique Asian Blue and White Ginger Jar curated shop 4 1/2" corner to centerThis small but stunning antique ginger jar, presumed to be either Chinese or Korean, feels like it belongs in a museum vitrine; this is really a beautiful little piece. Based on other ginger jars to which it bears closest resemblance, Id guess it dates from second half of the 19th century. I love the shape of ginger jars generally, but it is the gestural application of the blue glaze that really makes this one, and also gives it a very modern