Bowl
Category
Ceramics
Date
c. 1690
Materials
Porcelain, cobalt, enamels. gold
Measurements
160 mm (Height); 175 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Arita
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Grantham House, Lincolnshire
NT 493311
Summary
One of a pair of deep bowls (for its pair see NT 433484), porcelain, round, Arita, Hizen Province, Japan, c. 1690, decorated in the Imari palette in underglaze blue and overglaze red and green enamels and gold, with on the exterior chrysanthemums and peonies growing from rocky ground, in the centre of the interior a circular cartouche with a Chinese carnation, and a band around the rim with alternating rosettes, chevrons and floral and foliate scrollwork.
Full description
A very similar bowl is in the National Gallery Prague (Národní galerie Praha), inv. no. Vu 2205 (where a lid is also mentioned)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust with support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, 1984.