Page 16 - Vol 11, Chinese and Japanese Works Of Art In The Collection of the Queen, by John Ayers

1273

1273 Jar and cover mounted in gilt bronze as An ovoid jar cut down at the shoulder, with low foot and plain-
a pot-pourri glazed base, painted round the sides in white outlined in blue,

RCIN 2306.a–b with a pine tree and bamboo growing by rocks, a deer and two
Porcelain with celadon glaze, painting in white slip and underglaze blue, birds, and on the reverse, a deer by a prunus tree, thus evoking
mounted in gilt bronze the symbolism of the ‘Three Friends of Winter’. The cover,
Jar and cover: Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province; 1720–40 with a slender reeded band and another with a gadrooned edge
Mounts: France; mid-18th century securing the flat top of the original porcelain cover, painted with
H (overall) 35.0 cm a prunus spray in white and blue, with a gilt-bronze flower-spray

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