Blue & White Porcelain Ginger Jar - Peony & Butterfly Design Famille-Rose Porcelain and beautifully preserved red-and-gold palette

and beautifully preserved red-and-gold palette — is a rare and highly collectable survivor

these architectural fragments are highly sought after for their decorative appeal

They've been expertly turned which gives them their characteristic groves

Used in rural areas as a home for their favorite deity

The Emperors of China used the dragon as a symbol of their imperial power and strength Porcelain is steeped in centuries of Chinese culture and history

Blue & White Porcelain Ginger Jar - Peony & Butterfly Design Famille-Rose Porcelain and beautifully preserved red-and-gold paletteGinger 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 907It is believed that the Chinese began creating porcelain Ginger Jars around