Vintage Ming Jar Flower Bird Motif - 2 Sizes

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$248.00 - $323.00
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SKU:
1217A - 2 Sizes
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The Vintage Ming Jar Flower Bird Motif brings rich blue-and-white character to shelves, consoles, and collected displays. Its rounded silhouette is shown with a coordinating lid, while deep blue flowers, leafy branches, fruit-like clusters, and a bird motif create an expressive design across the pale ground. Visible tonal variation, scattered speckling, and painterly detailing contribute to its vintage-inspired appearance. Offered in Small and Large options, this decorative jar can be styled individually or paired for a coordinated arrangement. Place it on a living room bookcase, dining room sideboard, entry console, or covered display cabinet. It also works well as a visual counterpoint to neutral interiors, dark wood furniture, and other blue-and-white decor. Because measurements are not specified, review the selected size option and available product information before planning a size-dependent placement.

primary color:
Ivory white
secondary colors:
Deep blue, Muted brown
pattern motif:
Blue floral branches, fruit-like clusters, and bird motif
shape:
Rounded lidded jar with a short neck and gently tapered base
visual style:
Blue-and-white decor, Vintage-inspired, Chinoiserie-influenced, Painterly botanical, Collected traditional
recommended rooms:
Living room, Dining room, Entryway, Home office, Bedroom
recommended placements:
Bookcase, Console table, Sideboard, Display cabinet, Mantel
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.