Pagoda
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
Unknown
Materials
Soapstone, gilt and glass
Measurements
915 x 457 x 456 mm
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Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
NT 534189.1
Summary
Soapstone sculpture of a pagoda. Early 19th century, Chinese export. A white soapstone carved pagoda, nine storeys high on an octagonal base which has been carved with a lotus flower border. The lower section features a fretwork fence, two gilt lions (facing outwards), four people and a decorative entrance inset with four green and three red stones. The pillars are topped with round gilt finials. Each storey features 6 small gilt bells (without clappers) and has a seated buddha figure inside, decreasing in size. The pagoda features pierced grills to form fences. The top of the pagoda has a gilt final with four chains hanging down to the roof below. Sitting on a wooden octagonal base covered in a blue and gold material. Displayed in a glass case which stands on a French Empire stand of burr walnut 534189.2. One of a pair with 534190.1-2.
Provenance
Bequeathed in the 1970's by Lady Tweedsmuir, wife of John Buchan, mother of Alice, Lady Fairfax-Lucy, and formerly at Moor Park, Herts, home of the Ebury Grosvenors.