Jar cover
Category
Ceramics
Date
1800 - 1900
Materials
Ceramic
Measurements
292 mm (Height)
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Mompesson House, Wiltshire
NT 723550.2
Summary
Cover for jar (guan), hard-paste porcelain, globular and with a rounded cover, Chinese, with a Kangxi reign mark (1662-1722) but possibly later, decorated in underglaze blue with prunus blossoms againmst an imitation craquelure ground. References: Emile de Bruijn, Borrowed Landscapes: China and Japan in the Historic Houses and Gardens of Britain and Ireland, London, Philip Wilson Publishers in association with the National Trust, 2023, pp. 186-7 (fig. 132), and see further references listed there.