Water pot
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
1942
Materials
jade
Measurements
48 mm (H)82 mm (Diameter)
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1247175
Summary
A Chinese white jade circular water pot, carved with a lizard in high relief, tinted with emerald green.
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 bronzes etc. stored in the Garden Room, page 85.
Marks and inscriptions
Chinese inscription on base
