Lid
Category
Ceramics
Date
1700 - 1720
Materials
porcelain, overglaze polychrome enamels
Measurements
50 mm (Height); 150 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
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Wallington, Northumberland
NT 581765.2
Summary
Cover to a bowl (écuelle for broth), porcelain, domed with bun-shaped finial, made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China, 1700-1720; decorated in translucent overglaze polychrome (famille verte (Trans. green family)) enamels, 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).
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt