Blue & White Porcelain Ginger Jar - Peacocks Campaign Furniture A similar inferior example in

A similar inferior example in different woods can be found in "Chinese Furniture: A Guide to Collecting Antiques" by Mazurkewich - Fig 518

elegance and refined craftsmanship to both traditional and contemporary interiors

Decades of use have created a rich

There is a compartment in his back as is common with ancestor figures which would have held offerings such as paper money or herbs

parquetry inlay with brass mounts - 19thC Would make a great coffee table

Blue & White Porcelain Ginger Jar - Peacocks Campaign Furniture A similar inferior example inBlue & White Porcelain Ginger Jar with Peacocks Design. Peacocks can represent many things in Chinese art but are often associated with divinity, culture, beauty and the goddess Guan Yin. Ginger 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.