Jar
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Gilt, Ivory
Measurements
75 mm (Height); 22 mm (Diameter); 50 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
India
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1339867
Summary
Lacquered miniature bulbous jar and cover with four painted panels. Flowers to two panels and ivory and gold decoration to the other two. Spandrel style decoration to the top of the body in blue, gold, green and white. Neck red. Painted flower to the centre of the lid.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.