Baluster jar
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1660
Materials
ceramic
Measurements
420 x 790 x 790 mm
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1245514.1
Summary
One of two baluster shaped jars and covers, wucai ( five colours) 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. This item found on the record for Polesden Lacey Chinese Porcelain stored in the basement, page 91.