Featured Chinese lidded pot

I acquired this on Friday. I've been camping for a couple of days so have been preoccupied. Can anyone tell me what age it might be? Looks like it could be an olden to me. Also why does it have nibbles on it?

 

Little spice jar? Nice little thing. Does look to have some age.

 

They're glaze pops not nibbles.

 

I meant nobbles. What are glaze pops? Google tells me they are sugar coated popcorn.

 

I also wanted to know and found this explanation: “ Glaze pops occurred during firing when air bubbles reached the surface of the glaze and burst” I don’t know maybe there’s more to it..

 

That crossed my mind but they seem to be far too organised and regular to have occurred by accident. There are two triangles of nobbles on main body at 180 degrees intervals seperated by two individual ones in between. The same on the lid.

 

That does sound more interesting than just a accidental random thing. I have no idea really. Better wait for someone with knowledge

 

Ming style dragon, that's about all I can add.

 

Glaze pops usually appear as tiny craters or indentations on the porcelain surface. The 'nobbles' described here are part of the actual design of the pot. In the above photo, you can see two glaze pops in close proximity an inch or two directly above the so-called 'nobbles'.

 

Very interesting. Thank you for the information

 

Obviously the nobs are deliberate.For holding it,grabbing,etc. I try so hard to learn about Asian ceramics,but 40 years on I still can barely tell if it was made yesterday. I like this thing.I like the shape,the design,the color.