Sprinkler bottle
Category
Ceramics
Date
1695 - 1715
Materials
porcelain, underglaze cobalt blue
Measurements
177.8 mm (Height)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
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Wallington, Northumberland
NT 581686
Summary
Two bottles or rosewater sprinklers, porcelain, of compressed pear shape with narrow tapering neck and mouth, made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China, c. 1695-1715; decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with three large ruyi-shaped panels four lozenge motifs and demi ruyi-heads, with foliate devices in reserve the neck with long leafy sprays.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt