Tea bowl and saucer
Category
Ceramics
Date
1662 - 1722
Materials
ceramic
Measurements
50 mm (Diameter)
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1245698
Summary
A Kangxi tea bowl and saucer enamelled with prunus branches and panels of flowers on famille noire ground.
Full description
A Kangxi tea bowl decorated with prunus branches and blossom motifs in polychrome enamels on a black ground. The term famille noire was applied to this colour of decoration by the European collector Albert Jacquemart in the nineteenth century. This type of ware was a popular export item.
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 93.