Pair of bottle-shaped vases mounted as ewers vases: 1780-1810, mounts: late 18th-early 19th century
Porcelain with light celadon-green glaze, painted in famille rose enamels and gilt, mounted in gilt metal | 138.4 x 47.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2368
Jingdezhen [Jiangxi Province, China]
Pair of bottle-shaped vases mounted as ewers vases: 1780-1810, mounts: late 18th-early 19th century
Jingdezhen [Jiangxi Province, China]
Pair of bottle-shaped vases mounted as ewers vases: 1780-1810, mounts: late 18th-early 19th century
Jingdezhen [Jiangxi Province, China]
Pair of bottle-shaped vases mounted as ewers vases: 1780-1810, mounts: late 18th-early 19th century
Jingdezhen [Jiangxi Province, China]
Pair of bottle-shaped vases mounted as ewers vases: 1780-1810, mounts: late 18th-early 19th century
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A pair of ewers, each formed from a bottle-shaped porcelain vase, decorated with famille rose enamels on a celadon ground with white and coloured emblems representing Buddhist symbols (wheel, umbrella, conch, pair of fish, endless knot and vase) and the Eight Daoist Immortals (the gourd, lotus spray, flower vase, flute, sword, fan, musical bamboo tube and pair of castanets). The vases are decorated with elaborate gilt-bronze mounts made by Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy around 1810. The spout is cast as a mask and the scroll handle as a female head.
A series of large celadon vases with enamelled decoration was acquired by George IV and mounted in gilt bronze, at first for Carlton House, but later to decorate the principal galleries at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton.
Text adapted from Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen: Volume II.Provenance
This pair of bottle vases mounted as ewers appears in the window of the Banqueting Room Gallery at Brighton Pavilion together with another pair of bottle vases in the Royal Collection (RCIN 2367), as noted in the Inventory of 1829. These ewers are listed in the '1866' Windsor Inventory No.362. They are noted in the State Rooms (Cross Gallery) at Buckingham Palace by March 1915.
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Porcelain with light celadon-green glaze, painted in famille rose enamels and gilt, mounted in gilt metal
Measurements
138.4 x 47.0 cm (whole object)
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Place of Production
Jingdezhen [Jiangxi Province]
