Guglet
Category
Ceramics
Date
1750 - 1800
Materials
Porcelain, enamel
Measurements
245 mm (Height); 80 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
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Saltram, Devon
NT 870811
Summary
Guglet or bottle vase, porcelain, pear-shaped, with a globular ‘bulb’ below the everted rim, made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China, Qianlong period (1736–95), second half 18th century, decorated in the famille rose (‘pink family’) palette in blue, green, yellow, red, brown and black enamels with various figures on the body, the neck with overlapping lobed and pointed bands and cartouches with floral sprays in black, red and gold.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust by Montagu Brownlow Parker, 5th Earl of Morley (1878-1962), 1957.