Baluster jar
Category
Ceramics
Date
1662 - 1722
Materials
ceramic
Measurements
430 mm (Height); 245 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1245599.1
Summary
One of a pair of small Chinese blue and white baluster jars and covers; painted with ladies and flowering trees. Bearing the marks of Emperor Chenghua (1465 - 1487), but made in the Kangxi period. The majority of reign marks on Chinese porcelain are retrospective. They are not forgeries but were intended as a tribute to Imperial ancestors. Much Kangxi porcelain bears the six character mark of the Chenghua period.
Provenance
Date of acquisition not recorded, but probably originally at 16 Charles Street, Mayfair, Mrs Greville's London home, and bequeathed by Margaret McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald Greville (1863-1942) with Polesden Lacey, to the National Trust, in memory of her father, William McEwan (1827-1913) in 1942. This item found on the probate inventory record for Charles Street chattels at Polesden Lacey, Chinese blue and white porcelain, page 8.
Marks and inscriptions
On base: marks of Emperor Chenghua