Chinese Lidded Wedding Ginger Jar Depicting Shuangxi (Double Happiness) Character and Foliate Scroll Design

The double happiness character appears twice, which seems only fair for two people.

This lidded wedding ginger jar depicting Shuangxi (Double Happiness) character and foliate scroll design comes from China and dates to the Qing Dynasty (1644 – 1912 CE). It is porcelain with cobalt paint. Shuangxi, two joined characters for joy, is the traditional emblem of marriage, and jars bearing it were customarily given as wedding gifts. Bold blue Shuangxi characters stand on either side of the swelling body, set among dense leafy scrolls and large peony blossoms. A key-fret band rings the shoulder, and the flat lid repeats the character on top. It is 8.5 inches high and 8 in diameter.

Congratulations, written large enough to be read across the room.