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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wlwhittier, post: 8770654, member: 76316&quot;]This is the first <i>utilitarian</i> ginger jar in my (admittedly limited) experience. In my youth these were all hi-fired, brightly decorated, invariably dome-lidded white porcelain. A few were Cloisonné, one of which I still have. None appeared to be, as this one does, a functional vessel for storage an&#039; transport of preserved foodstuff.</p><p>It&#039;s 4&quot; high including the cover, which is 2 3/4&quot; diameter, 5/8&quot; deep. The jar is ~4&quot; wide at the shoulders, with a 2 3/8&quot; rim. The interior is also glazed. but with a thin, brown &#039;sealer&#039; material, poured in, sloshed around an&#039; dumped out. That interior shows the jar was made in 2 parts; the upper, above the shoulder, was applied to the hex body. The unglazed cover an&#039; the jar appear to be of the same coarse-grained clay. Together, they weigh ~14 ounces.</p><p>First, is it in fact a ginger Jar? Was ginger stored an&#039; transported in such vessels? Was it, as is now widely available, sugar-dried; crystallized?&nbsp; Then, how was the cover secured to the jar...I&#039;m supposing some manner of wax seal, &#039;tho no remnant remains of it. An&#039; last, this looks like an old design, not that my example is necessarilly ancient; how far back in Chinese history do &quot;ginger jars&quot; go?&nbsp; Thanks for lookin&#039;!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]429164[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]429165[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]429166[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]429167[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]429168[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]429169[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]429170[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]429171[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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