Bottle
Category
Ceramics
Date
1701 - 1725
Materials
ceramic
Measurements
215 mm (Height); 65 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Arita
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Wallington, Northumberland
NT 581770
Summary
One old porcelain sprinkler bottle, decorated in underglaze blue with medallions of squatting phoenix, flying quails and cockerels. Patricia Ferguson of the Gardiner Ceramic Museum, Toronto, believes this item to be Japanese rather than Chinese.
Provenance
Gift from Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan 3rd Bt