JARS, BOXES, STORAGE VESSELS

A variety of traditional forms for storing tea, spices or other dried food goods such as ginger jars as well as more modern hand built lidded ceramic boxes. 

Ginger jars became a recognizable form  in the Tang (618–907) and Song (960–1279) dynasties. The were traditionally made of porcelain or stoneware, often with a tall, rounded body, domed lid, and narrow neck. Originally used used for storing spices, herbs, oils, pickles, and salts. Some were also decorative or ceremonial.

Note: most of the lidded vessels I make use atmospheric forms of firing (such as raku, obvara and smoke) which bring the clay to a temperature that make sit sturdy but not water tight.  Therefore these vessels may be used for storing dried foods, such as tea leaves, coffee grounds, spices etc but are not recommended for liquids.