Offering vessel
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
1900
Materials
resin & wood & gold leaf
Measurements
265 mm (Height); 260 mm (Diameter)
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Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 107442
Summary
A Siamese offering vessel. On octagonal shaped bowl with geometric sides on stand with red and blue ground with floral decoration in gold leaf. On the four broadest sides, there are depictions of worshipping devotees. 'A Siamese gilt and lacquered wood bowl' (Christie's entry)
Provenance
Purchased in 1986 by the National Heritage Memorial Fund from Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale (1924-2000). Gifted to the National Trust in 1987 by the National Heritage Memorial Fund.