Bottle vase
Category
Ceramics
Date
1795 - 1820
Materials
Porcelain and silver gilt
Measurements
686 mm (H)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
Order this imageCollection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1296825.1
Summary
Bottle vase, one of two, porcelain, covered with a sea-green or celadon-like glaze and painted in famille rose enamels with scattered flowers and insects beneath a spearhead border in iron-red, gold details, Jingdezehn, China, marked in underglaze blue with a six-character Qianlong seal mark, Qianlong period (1736-1795), decorated in Canton, China, c. 1795-1820, mounted at the mouth and foot with a gilt-silver collars, the mouth flat chased with a stylized Mughal lotus motif and the foot engraved with an Islamic Moresque pattern on a matted ground, hallmarked JA for James Aldridge (similar to Grimwade No. 1768), lion passant, leopard’s head, h and the head of George IV, London, 1823-24.
Provenance
The 1909 & 1920 Heirlooms at Tatton inventory records ‘Pair Old Chinese Celadon ground Oriental Bottle Shape Vases, enameled in flowers &c silver-gilt mounts’ in the Drawing Room.
Marks and inscriptions
[marked underneath with a six-character long Qianlong seal mark]; JA [lion passant] [leopard's head] h [head of George IV] (engraved; silver gilt collar)