Bowl
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1740 - circa 1750
Materials
Porcelain with enamels and gold
Measurements
60 mm (Height); 50 mm (Dia of base)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
Order this imageCollection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 1270522.1
Summary
A "Lotus bowl", one of a pair, modelled as a lotus flower with branches in relief, and enamelled in colours with flowering branches and insects with shaded leaves, China, Jingdezhen, Qianlong period, circa 1740-50.
Provenance
Possibly acquired by Commodore George Anson (1697 – 1762) during his circumnavigation of the globe in the HMS Centurion (1740 - 1744).
Marks and inscriptions
Underside of base: NT Inventory Number: Shug/C/27, a Underside of base: Black/Silver NT Asset Number Label