Jar
Category
Ceramics
Date
Unknown
Materials
Porcelain, cobalt, enamel, gold
Measurements
550 mm (Height)
Place of origin
Arita
Order this imageCollection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 433506.3
Summary
One of a pair of jars, porcelain, of baluster shape, made in Arita, Hizen Province, Japan, c. 1690–1720, decorated in the Imari palette in underglaze blue and overglaze red, yellow black and gold, with a band of spirals and another of foliate scrolls around the base, garden scenery with rocks, peony and prunus around the sides, a band with peony and iris and a band with pavilions, fences, prunus, pine, maple and stylised iris roundels around the shoulder, the neck with prunus flowers and foliage.
Full description
A similar jar is in the collection of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, inv. no. PO 5817, with a likely provenance from Augustus II (known as ‘the Strong’), Elector of Saxony (1670–1733), and listed in the 1779 inventory of the Dutch Palace at Neustadt.
Provenance
Possibly at Cockayne Hatley, Bedfordshire, and moved to Belton House after 1921; purchased by the National Trust with assistance from the National Heritage memorial Fund, 1984.