Bottle
Category
Ceramics
Date
1700 - 1715
Materials
Porcelain, underglaze cobalt blue, overglaze polychrome enamels and gold
Measurements
275 mm (Height); 136 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
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Melford Hall, Suffolk
NT 926294
Summary
Two bottles, globular base with elongated neck, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China, 1700-15; decorated in underglaze blue cobalt and translucent polychrome (famille verte) enamels and gold, painted with three reserves with flowering plants (prunus) and Hundred Antiquities (Baigu).
Full description
The early Chinese porcelains at Melford Hall may have been acquired by the previous owners, the Cordell and Firebrace families, whose portraits also survive in the Hyde Parker Collection, or after 1786 by a member of the Hyde Parker family.
Provenance
Part of the Hyde Parker Collection. The hall and part of the collection were Accepted in Lieu and transferred by the Treasury to the National Trust in 1960