Vase
Category
Ceramics
Date
Unknown
Materials
Ceramic
Measurements
200 mm (Height); 120 mm (Dia)
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East Riddlesden Hall, West Yorkshire
NT 201075
Summary
Chien Lung vase, gourd shape, decorated with blue floral scroll pattern
Provenance
Part of a small collection of porcelain donated to Beningbrough Hall in 1976 by a descendent of Stephen Wootton Bushell (1844-1908). Bushell was a leading 19th century British authority on Chinese porcelain and coinage, an interest he developed from 1868 while working as physician to the British Legation in Beiljing. He collected Chinese books, ceramics and coins and was employed as an agent by both the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum to purchase objects on their behalf until his retirement c.1900. His widow donated much of his collection to the British Museum in 1909. These items were transferred from Beningbrough to East Riddlesden Hall in 1984.