A blue and white porcelain ginger jar
18th Century
The globular body encircled along the shoulder with a narrow lappet band above composite lotus flowers issuing leafy tendrils in alteration with stylized shou characters of smaller scale while another narrow band of jeweled petals is painted above the unglazed foot pad, the glazed and recessed base centered with a double ring in underglaze blue.
8 1/2 inches (22.6cm) high