Antique Asian Blue and White Ginger Jar vintage viking South Dakota in the 1970s

South Dakota in the 1970s

This sifting or winnowing basket

it would be pretty great just sitting on the counter

While we did not have cows to milk on the veggie farm where I lived and worked

Antique Asian Blue and White Ginger Jar vintage viking South Dakota in the 1970sThis small but stunning antique ginger jar, presumed to be either Chinese or Korean, feels like it belongs in a museum vitrine; this is really a beautiful little piece. Based on other ginger jars to which it bears closest resemblance, Id guess it dates from second half of the 19th century. I love the shape of ginger jars generally, but it is the gestural application of the blue glaze that really makes this one, and also gives it a very modern