Vase
Category
Ceramics
Date
1775 - 1825
Materials
Porcelain, enamel, gold
Measurements
205 mm (Height); 70 mm (Diameter); 47 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
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Saltram, Devon
NT 870940
Summary
Vase, porcelain, tianqiuping 天球瓶 (‘celestial sphere’) shape (a globular body surmounted by a tall cylindrical neck), made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China, 1775–1825, decorated in the famille rose (‘pink family’) palette in red, blue, green, pink, yellow and black enamels and gold with various previous objects and large stylised flowers, a band with stylised clouds and flowers under the rim.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust by Montagu Brownlow Parker, 5th Earl of Morley (1878-1962), 1957. art of the Endowment