Decorative arts
Blue Hawthorne Ginger Jar
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- Date
- 1662-1721
- Accession number
- 13.23
- Maker
- Unknown, Chinese(Opens in new tab) (Chinese)
- Dimensions
- 10 1/8 x 8 5/8 in. (25.7 x 21.9 cm.)
- Medium
- porcelain
- Description
- This ovoid shaped Blue Hawthorne, or "famille noire," ginger jar is made of clear white, hard paste porcelain and shows a symbolical decoration in brilliant cobalt blue with branches of the wild prunus tree against a ground of reticulated blue. Blossoms spread downward from the rim of the neck and upward from the base. The rim of the neck is finished by a narrow dentated border.
- Credit
- The Huntington
- Department
