Lidded jar with panels depicting temple buildings among trees

Details

• Title

  Lidded jar with panels depicting temple buildings among trees

• Associated people

  possibly the Honourable John Spencer (1708 - 1746) (owner)

  possibly Anne Churchill, Countess of Sunderland (1683 - 1716) (owner)

  possibly Sarah Churchill, 1st Duchess of Marlborough (1660 - 1744) (owner)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan › Kyūshū › Saga prefecture › Arita › Arita kiln-sites (place of creation)

  Europe › United Kingdom › England › Northamptonshire › Northampton › Althorp estate (former location)

• Date

  1701 - 1720

• Material and technique

  porcelain, with underglaze painting in blue, and overglaze enamels in iron-red and gold, partly covered in black lacquer, with urushi-e lacquer painting in gold, and inlaid with mother-of-pearl

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › porcelain;

  organic › vegetal › resin › lacquer;

  processed material › enamel;

  processed material › metal › gold;

  organic › animal › shell › pearlshell › mother-of-pearl

• Technique index

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed;

  covered › coated › varnished › lacquered;

  covered › coated › enamelled;

  covered › inlaid

• Object type

  container › vessel › garniture;

  miscellaneous equipment › lid;

  container › vessel › jar

• Dimensions

  with lid 88 cm approx. (height)
  without lid 63 cm approx. (height)
  45 cm approx. (diameter)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Purchased with the assistance of the Art Fund, the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, the Elias Ashmole Trust, and the Story Fund, 2012.

• Museum location

  refer to individual records

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA2012.1.a

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