Tureen
Category
Ceramics
Date
1750 - 1760
Materials
porcelain
Measurements
115 x 165 x 102 mm
Place of origin
Guangdong
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1220292.2
Summary
One of three matching Chinese export porcelain melon shaped tureen, with one en suite stand, painted in yellow, green and rose-pink enamels with gold. The lids have rodent knops in the form of flat-tailed tree rat eating grapesand vine. Qianlong period, c. 1750–60.
Provenance
Gifted to the National Trust from Lady Mairi Bury (1921-2009) 1976
Credit line
Mount Stewart, The Londonderry Collection