Ancestor Painting, Family Apothecary This was designed to make

This was designed to make it difficult to access the furthest parts of the space inside

These cute little jars are one style in a set of ceramic pots and vases in a crackled green glaze

Sold together as a pair

shape and colour of each box will vary from the photo

Ancestor Painting, Family Apothecary This was designed to makeAncestor paintings like this one were an important part of the widespread Chinese practice of ancestor worship. Families would remember and worship their ancestors with offerings placed in front of these paintings. Portraits were painted from front on and usually close to life size, with the subjects normally seated and wearing robes to show their rank badge. In many cases the portrait would be of a single ancestor, but they could also be of a couple