Baluster jar
Category
Ceramics
Date
1660
Materials
ceramic
Measurements
390 mm (H)245 mm (Diameter)
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1245514
Summary
Two baluster shaped jars and covers, wucai enamelled with ladies and children, flowers and fruit, partly painted in blue beneath glaze. Transitional, c.1660.
Provenance
The bequest of Margaret (Anderson) McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald - later Dame Margaret - Henry Fulke Greville, DBE (1863-1942) from probate records linked with the donation of the property to the National Trust in 1943. These items found on the record for Polesden Lacey Chinese Porcelain stored in the basement, page 91.