Qing Dynasty Blue White Porcelain Food Container

Qing Dynasty Food Container

• Bamboo shaped handles of lid and down the sides.
• Later Ch’ing (Qing) 19th century.

These covered jars and food container were in everyday use in China and were also exported to the Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia.

An ideal glaze was perfected in which all traces of the blue/greenish tinge had finally been removed during the Qing Period (1644-1912). This combined with the refined porcelain body produced a pure white jade-like finish in the undecorated parts and gave a crystalline depth and scintillating tone to the blue painting underneath.

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