Blue And White Foo Dog Square Porcelain Tea Jar

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$248.00
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SKU:
1377A
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This blue and white porcelain tea jar brings a striking decorative presence to a console, mantel, bookshelf, or dining room sideboard. Its square silhouette features deep blue foo dog figures surrounded by stylized cloud and flame motifs on a crisp white ground. Coordinating decoration continues across the shoulders and rectangular lid, giving the jar visual interest from multiple angles. Measuring 11 inches high, 7 inches wide, and 7 inches deep, it is substantial enough to display alone while remaining easy to incorporate into a shelf arrangement or collected blue-and-white grouping. The crisp palette works especially well with traditional, chinoiserie-inspired, grandmillennial, and eclectic interiors. Use it as a focal point among books and framed objects, or position it on a cabinet where the detailed figural pattern can be viewed up close.

Width:
7.00 in
Height:
11.00 in
Depth:
7.00 in
primary color:
White
secondary colors:
Cobalt blue
pattern motif:
Foo dogs with stylized clouds and flame motifs
shape:
Square lidded jar
visual style:
Chinoiserie-inspired, Traditional, Grandmillennial, Blue-and-white decorative
recommended rooms:
Living room, Dining room, Entryway, Home office, Bedroom
recommended placements:
Console table, Mantel, Bookshelf, Sideboard, Display cabinet
Illustrative scene of hands shaping a clay vessel on a pottery wheel; not a photograph of a Legend of Asia workshop

Illustrative craft scene Form / Brushwork / Glaze

Behind the form

It begins in the hands.

Before a piece is painted, its shape gives it character: the shoulder of a jar, the edge of a planter, the balance of a vase. The porcelain traditions behind our collection bring together forming, hand-painted detail, glazing, and firing.

A closer look

Notice how the painted line follows the form, and how the glaze catches the light.

Blue-and-white porcelain-base lamp illuminating a contemporary living room

Porcelain, seen in a new light.

At home with porcelain

A place for the details to live.

We like porcelain best when it feels part of everyday life, not set apart from it. A lamp can warm a reading corner; a jar can hold its own on a console. Blue-and-white pattern feels especially at ease beside wood, linen, and a little open space.

A room note

Give a favorite piece some breathing room, then let its color echo somewhere else nearby.