Jar lid
Category
Ceramics
Date
1662 - 1722
Materials
Porcelain, cobalt
Measurements
800 mm (Height)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
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Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 433465.4
Summary
Lid for one of a pair of jars, porcelain, round and domed, with a flat rim and a bud-shaped finial, decorated in underglaze blue with petal-shaped panels containing vignettes of flowering plants, made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China, Kangxi period (1662–1722).
Full description
Possibly referred to in the 1754 Belton inventory, room no. 39 (presumed to be the Chapel Drawing Room): ‘Two large blue and white China jars 2 Do. (less)’.