Beaker vase
Category
Ceramics
Date
c. 1695
Materials
Porcelain, cobalt
Measurements
450 mm (Height)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
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Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 433564
Summary
Beaker vase, porcelain, round, flaring slightly at the base and widening towards the top, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China, Kangxi period (1662–1722), c. 1695, decorated in underglaze blue with dentilled bands at the upper and lower edges, lobed and pointed cartouches containing stylised flowers and foliage in reserve and naturalistic flower sprays in the centre.
Full description
For a similar but not identical blue and white beaker vase at Belton House, see NT 433564.
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust with support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, 1984.