Vase
Category
Ceramics
Date
1700 - 1720
Materials
porcelain, cobalt
Measurements
370 mm (Height)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
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Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 433358.2
Summary
Pair of vases, porcelain, round, with trumpet-shaped base and rim and with a globular section in the middle (gu 觚 type), made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China, Kangxi period (1662–1722), 1700–20, decorated in underglaze blue with stylised lotus scrolls, with an apocryphal mark for the Xuande reign (宣德 1426–35) on the base.
Full description
A gu was an archaic bronze drinking vessel from the Shang dynasty (16th –10th century BCE).
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust with support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, 1984.