Ecuelle
Category
Ceramics
Date
1700 - 1720
Materials
porcelain, overglaze polychrome enamels
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
Order this imageCollection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 581765
Summary
Bowl and cover (écuelle for broth), porcelain, shallow bowl with two serpent or lion-dog headed handles, the domed cover with bun-shaped finial, made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China, 1700-1720; decorated in translucent overglaze polychrome (famille verte (Trans. green family)) enamels, the cover and sides divided into four panels, each containing blossoming flowers and foliage within bands of black-seeded green ground with flowers and reserves with precious symbols (Babao), handles painted with aubergine-coloured enamel.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt