Wine ewer
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1640 - circa 1660
Materials
Porcelain with enamels ('Wucai')
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
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Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 1270526
Summary
Transitional period Chinese oviform wine jug/ewer and separate cover, porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, with green and iron-red enamels depicting a lone scholar on a terrace on each side, an emblem under the spout. China, Jingdezhen, Early Qing dynasty, circa 1640-60. A wine pot of this shape was among the finds salvaged from the Hatcher Cargo which sank around 1645
Provenance
Possibly acquired by Commodore George Anson (1697 – 1762) during his circumnavigation of the globe in the HMS Centurion (1740 - 1744).