Lot 193
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[FROM PENICUIK HOUSE] BLUE AND WHITE HANDLED BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
Auction: 13 March 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
清乾隆 青花山水花鳥紋塑蟠龍把壺
of bottle form, painted to the main roundel on the body with two birds in a fenced garden, further with roundels decorated with shanshui landscape, against floral ground, one side of the shoulder set with an arched chi dragon as handle
Dimensions
26.2cm high
Provenance
From Penicuik House, Midlothian, Scotland.
Penicuik House was the finest and most influential example of Palladian architecture in Scotland. The 18th-century Palladian mansion was built by Sir James Clerk, 3rd Baronet, in 1765. It sits at the centre of an important designed landscape, which together form an exceptional physical record of the artistic patronage of the Clerk Family.
It was devastated by fire in 1899. During the fire, a great deal of effort was channelled into salvaging the furnishings, which were latterly moved into the nearby converted stables.