Vase
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1760
Materials
Porcelain, painted in underglaze blue with enamels
Measurements
312 mm (Height); 52 mm (Dia); 87 mm (Dia of base)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
Order this imageCollection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 1270520
Summary
Vase, "egg-shell" porcelain, of ovoid shape, with raised designs, enamelled in 'famille rose' colours with elegant women and children including a deer and an attendant carrying an immortal peach, under a pine tree, on a shagreed or peacock eye oeil de perdix ground in underglaze blue with flowering branches in colours, details in gold, China, Jingdezhen, decoratedin Gaungzhou (Canton), circa 1760.
Marks and inscriptions
On underside of base of vase: NT Inventory Numner: Shug/C/25 On underside of base of vase: Black/Silver NT Asset Number Label