Ginger jar
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1900
Materials
porcelain, polychrome enamels
Measurements
200 mm (Height); 182 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
Order this imageCollection
Greys Court, Oxfordshire
NT 195186.1
Summary
Jar or ginger jar, porcelain, ovoid shape with green ground and in the white reserves a figure riding a horse with a manservant behind, and a similar group on the reverse; features the chinese characters shuangxi, the symbol for 'double happiness' and a matching lid, China, Jingdezhen, circa 1900. On Rosewood base, WD/11
Provenance
Gifted to the National Trust from the Estate of Lady Elizabeth Brunner, 2005.