White Porcelain Jar Painted with Mint Green Hong Kong Scene

Ceramic

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L.T. Jordan Institute for International Awareness

Porcelain jar with mint green Hong Kong scene.: Image of the mint green jar with yellow swirls. It is also decorated with a painted scene of a house, man, and bridge in the mountains.
Porcelain jar with mint green Hong Kong scene.

Image of the mint green jar with yellow swirls. It is also decorated with a painted scene of a house, man, and bridge in the mountains.

Name/Title

White Porcelain Jar Painted with Mint Green Hong Kong Scene

Entry/Object ID

JI2025000396

Description

White porcelain jar with matching lid painted with polychrome enamel in a mint green "Hong Kong" scene. The jar was made in Hong Kong at the end of the 19th century. The hand-painted scene shows a man on and around a lake surrounded by trees, mountains, and a house.

Context

The porcelain jar belonged to the Jordan family.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Hong Kong

Continent

Asia

Country

China