Group
Category
Ceramics
Date
1662 - 1722
Materials
biscuit porcelain
Measurements
281 mm (H)216 mm (W)90 mm (D)
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1245685
Summary
A Kangxi biscuit grotto group with pagoda, stupa and figures with a horse. The figures are grouped round a stand on which there once must have been a statue of Buddha as this is a devotional sculpture. The enamels used are aubergine, green, and yellow.
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 87.