Bidspirit auction | Hong Kong Enameled Porcelain Ginger


Hong Kong Enameled Porcelain Ginger Jar with Ng Chun Canning Co. Label - A mid-20th-century Hong Kong glazed porcelain ginger jar of ovoid form featuring a textured white glaze ground with raised molded bosses. The body is decorated with a hand-painted enameled scene depicting a female figure in traditional dress seated in a garden landscape beside a fence. Polychrome ruyi-head and floral borders in pink, yellow, and blue enamels encircle the shoulder and base. The vessel includes a fitted lid with a pierced cash-coin motif highlighted in orange enamel. A damaged paper label is adhered to the side, consisting of a blue circular border with a central illustration of a bird over ginger roots and a red text block. The readable text on the label includes G CHUN CANNING CO. at the top, STEM GINGER IN SYRUP in the center, and a red rectangular section reading NET WEIGHT 8 OZ, INGREDIENT:, GINGER 50%, and SYRUP 50%. The bottom curve of the label reads MADE IN HONG KONG along with the Chinese characters 子羌蜜.