Brule-parfum
Category
Ceramics
Date
1662 - 1722
Materials
Ceramic, ormolu.
Measurements
152 mm (H)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
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Clandon Park, Surrey
NT 1440442
Summary
[Salvaged] A biscuit porcelain brûle-parfum formed of a pomegranate-shaped biscuit wine-pot with flower branches moulded and coloured in red and green on an ochre ground, the cover raised on a pierced ormolu gallery, the sides applied with ormolu squirrels and the whole supported on ormolu oak branches. K'ang Hsi (Kangxi). Ormolu mounts Louis XV.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust in 1968 by Mrs Hannah Gubbay