Jar
Date
1780 - 1820
Materials
Porcelain, cobalt
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
Order this imageCollection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 433593.2
Summary
One of a pair of jars, porcelain, of round baluster shape, with a domed lid surmounted by a figure of a Buddhist lion, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China, 1780–1820, painted in underglaze blue with landscapes.
Full description
The landscapes with rivers, rocky outcrops, trees, boats and pavilions seen on this kind of Chinese porcelain inspired the transfer-printed landscape decoration seen on Staffordshire glazed earthenware products from about 1790, which became known as the ‘willow pattern’.
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust with support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, 1984.