Jar
Category
Ceramics
Date
1750 - 1800
Materials
Porcelain, enamel.
Measurements
95 mm (Height); 33 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
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Saltram, Devon
NT 870862
Summary
Pair of jars (lacking their lids), porcelain, round, baluster-shaped, made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China, Qianlong period (1736–95), second half 18th century, decorated in the doucai (鬥彩 ‘interlocking colours’) palette in blue, red, pink and green enamels with flowers among picturesque rocks, a band of basket-weave pattern around the feet.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust by Montagu Brownlow Parker, 5th Earl of Morley (1878-1962), 1957.