Object Number: N2210

Collection: Applied Art

Object Name: jar & cover

Description: Inverted baluster form with wide cylindrical neck; cover with ogee lower section below a flattened dome, replacement pointed finial. Painted in coloured enamels (blue, red, orange/pink) and gilding with Imari-type design: three repeats of a large gilt-petalled flower with gilt-edged blue leaf at base of a bamboo stem, other flowers; around base, tufted ground below blue hollow rocks; on shoulder, three shaped cartouches of gilt scrolls on blue ground, alternating with orange gilt flowering stem with ribbons; on neck, flower meander between gilt bands. Shoulder pattern repeated around bottom of cover, bamboo and leaves on top section, finial matt-gilt.