Buddhistic lion
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1685 - circa 1700
Materials
biscuit porcelain
Measurements
260 mm (H)
Order this imageCollection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1245680
Summary
A pair of Kangxi Buddhistic lions, or Dogs of Fo, seated looking left, mostly glazed and enamelled on a biscuit ground, painted in the wucai enamel palette of green, iron-red, blue, yellow, aubergine and black, their foreheads painted with the Chinese character ‘Wang’, meaning 'king' or 'ruler', in red; made in China, at the Jingdezhen kilns, during the Kangxi period (1662-1722), c.1685-1700.
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 86.