Bowl cover
Category
Ceramics
Date
1690 - 1710
Materials
Porcelain, cobalt, enamel, gold
Measurements
300 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Arita
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Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 433496.2
Summary
Cover for one of a pair of bowls, porcelain, round, domed and with a central strap handle, made in Arita, Hizen Province, Japan, 1690–1710, decorated in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels and gold in the Imari style with cherry trees and flowering plants growing from a rocky ground.
Full description
Possibly referred to in the 1754 Belton inventory, room no. 39 (presumed to be the Chapel Drawing Room): ‘2 small basons and covers’.
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust with support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, 1984.