Guglet
Category
Ceramics
Date
1750 - 1800
Materials
Porcelain, cobalt
Measurements
240 x 130 mm; 72 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
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Saltram, Devon
NT 870873
Summary
Guglet or bottle vase, porcelain, pear-shaped with the neck ending in a bulb-shape surmounted by a flared rim, made at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China, second half 18th century, decorated in underglaze blue with a pattern of prunus trees, rocks and fences reserved in white on a seeded ground, the bulb decorated with a diaper pattern.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust by Montagu Brownlow Parker, 5th Earl of Morley (1878-1962), 1957.