Jar
Date
c. 1600
Materials
Ceramic
Measurements
480 mm (Height); 270 mm (Diam)
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Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 995795.2
Summary
One of a pair of covered jars in blue and white porcelain, probably made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China, c. 1600. The body decorated in the kraak style (a Dutch term probably referring to the Portuguese ships, or caracca, which brought Chinese porcelain to Europe in the late 16th century), with lobed and pointed cartouches containing images of flowers and rocks, linked by strapwork with lingzhi (magic fungus) motifs against a wan (swastika) ground, the shoulders and lid similarly decorated with cartouches with peaches, with flames and jewels around the neck and stylised leaf shapes around the base.The jar was made in two sections and glazed together as one, however this historic join has broken and the jar comes apart into top and bottom sections. The top section is broken.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009