Tomb
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paint, Soapstone
Measurements
450 x 370 x 290 mm
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1338125
Summary
Chinese model in soapstone of a tomb. Base, three sets of steps each up to an archway on the next tier, the central one having 2 figures in doorway One central set of stairs from this tier leads up to 3rd tier. At top, 3rd figure in a temple structure with altar behind. Tree above all this. Painted red and green, with three figures and a tree. Two vertical wooden sticks with two sloping sided cubes part way up, and a ball on top (one missing)
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.