Pagoda
Category
Furniture
Date
1725 - 1775
Materials
Mother-of-pearl [pinctada maxima], Wood, Metal
Measurements
1315 mm (Height); 454 mm (Diameter)
Order this imageCollection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 771739.1
Summary
Pagoda, one of a pair, in mother of pearl veneer on wood with bone, hexagonal section and seven storeys high, each level is decorated with silver bells suspended from each corner, and at the top is a gold cupola set on the top of the pinnacle. On a hexagonal stand mounted with a brass and glass from, the plinth painted black with gold sprays. China, Guangzhou (Canton), circa 1725-75.
Provenance
The 1782 inventory records in the [Long] Gallery, 'Two large Pagodas on Japanenned Pedestals'.