Name/Title
Ginger Jar and LidEntry/Object ID
1974.02.02Description
Blue-gray glazed round Cantonware ceramic vessel - has darker blue edging on top of jar with darker blue painted Asian landscape scene. Including a fisherman in a small boat and a house with fields and a man fishing. Used for storing ginger and other spices, frequently mistaken as a cookie jar
from the Fitzhugh family, or the bart fleming home. JFP was BF's daughter
Originally, ginger jars were used for storing and transporting spices in Ancient China. They were used as containers for salt, oil but also rarer spices such as ginger, hence the name they got when they began entering the Western world.Acquisition
Accession
1974.02Source or Donor
Jesse Fleming PolseneRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Fitzhugh Family