Vintage Ming Jar Dragon Motif - 2 Sizes

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$248.00 - $323.00
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SKU:
1217E - 2 Sizes
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The Vintage Ming Jar Dragon Motif is a decorative blue-and-white accent with a rounded body and low-profile lid. Cobalt-blue dragons curve across the softly speckled ivory ground, surrounded by stylized clouds, waves, and smaller brushwork details. Warm brown accents at the neck and base deepen its vintage-inspired character while maintaining a crisp, graphic look. Available in Small and Large options, the jar can be displayed on its own or paired with the alternate size for a coordinated arrangement. Consider it for a living-room console, dining-room sideboard, mantel, bookcase, or enclosed display cabinet. Its traditional dragon imagery works especially well with blue-and-white collections, dark wood furniture, and layered interiors that combine classic and collected elements. Choose a surface with appropriate clearance for your selected size.

primary color:
Ivory white
secondary colors:
Cobalt blue, Warm brown
pattern motif:
Dragons with stylized clouds and wave forms
shape:
Rounded lidded jar with a short neck
visual style:
Blue-and-white, Traditional, Vintage-inspired, Chinoiserie-inspired, Graphic
recommended rooms:
Living room, Dining room, Entryway, Study, Library
recommended placements:
Console table, Sideboard, Mantel, Bookcase, 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.