Pagoda
Category
Furniture
Date
1725 - 1775
Materials
Mother-of-pearl [pinctada maxima], Wood
Measurements
1315 mm (Height); 454 mm (Diameter)
Order this imageCollection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 771739.3
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.
Full description
A similar pair of pagodas, presumably, of a well known pagoda in Canton, but with nine storeys, was listed in the 1744 inventory of Drottningholm Palace in Sweden owned by Ulrica Eleonora.
Provenance
The 1782 inventory records in the [Long] Gallery, 'Two large Pagodas on Japanned Pedestals'.