Chinese Storage Vessel / Planter

A jar this size was closer to furniture than crockery.

This storage vessel or planter comes from Guangdong Province, China, and dates to the early 20th century. It is glazed pottery. Southern Chinese potters made large jars in quantity for everyday needs, chiefly storing water, grain, oil or pickled foods in homes and shops. An olive-mustard glaze coats the wide shoulders and the inside, thinning toward the foot, where it gives way to darker staining. The heavy rolled rim is left bare and pale. Thirty-three inches high and 41 in diameter.

Moving it is a decision. So is where it goes next.