Baluster jar
Category
Ceramics
Date
1700 - 1720
Materials
Ceramic
Measurements
34.4 x 65.8 cms
Collection
Beningbrough Hall, North Yorkshire
NT 1190653
Summary
Kangxi polychrome baluster jar lamp base decorated in famille verte enamels with ladies playing a game of counters and boys with a hobby horse. Now adapted as an electric lamp with a modern shade. Dated 1700-1720.
Full description
Kangxi polychrome baluster jar lamp base decorated in famille verte enamels with ladies playing a game of counters and boys with a hobby horse. Now adapted as an electric lamp with a modern shade. Dated 1700-1720.
Provenance
Part of a small collection of porcelain donated in 1976 by a descendent of Stephen Wootton Bushell (1844-1908). Bushell was a leading 19th century British authority on Chinese porcelain and coinage, an interest he developed from 1868 while working as physician to the British Legation in Beiljing. He collected Chinese books, ceramics and coins and was employed as an agent by both the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum to purchase objects on their behalf until his retirement c.1900. His widow donated much of his collection to the British Museum in 1909.
Marks and inscriptions
CB14 (on bottom of base)