Gin bottle
Category
Ceramics
Date
1710 (circa)
Materials
Porcelain
Measurements
222 mm (H)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
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Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1296830
Summary
Pair of bottles (gin) and covers, porcelain, of square section, painted in underglaze blue, China, Kangxi period, c. 1710, later decorated in Europe with iron-red and gold.
Provenance
The 1909 & 1920 Heirlooms at Tatton inventory records ‘Pair Old Japanese Scent Bottles 8 3/4 “ high’ in the Drawing Room.