Small Blue & White Porcelain Ginger Jar - Butterfly Design Pillars this form was a decorative

this form was a decorative emblem popular among merchant chests of the Meiji era

circa 1930's

Each comes with four drawers and a large central opening

Traditionally positioned above doors to allow light and air to circulate

The painting is original

Small Blue & White Porcelain Ginger Jar - Butterfly Design Pillars this form was a decorativeThese reproduction Chinese blue & white ginger jars depict butterflies fluttering around a prominent double happiness symbol. They're hand painted by skilled artists using traditional techniques learned from their families and passed down through generations. Ginger jars are steeped in centuries of Chinese culture and history originating in the Qin dynasty (221 207 BC) when ginger and other luxury Chinese goods became a major export to the Western