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China
Jardinière early 18th century
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and iron-red enamel | 50.0 x 58.5 cm (whole object) | RCIN 28125
Great Stair, Palace of Holyroodhouse
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A blue-and-white porcelain jardinière. Tub-shaped, with an indented band below the rounded rim; unglazed base. Painted round the sides is a river landscape with huts, a boat and rocks on the near shore, with pavilions and figures crossing a bridge, a boat on the water, and trees and mountains beyond, some of the trees in autumn foliage and the sun shown in red. Below the rim is a key-fret border.
Text adapted from Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen: Volume I.Provenance
Presented to King George V and Queen Mary for the Palace of Holyroodhouse by the architect Sir Robert Rowand Anderson in 1917. Listed in the Holyroodhouse 1978 Inventory (no. 8, p. 3).
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Medium and techniques
Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and iron-red enamel
Measurements
50.0 x 58.5 cm (whole object)
