Planter for growing orchids

Description

A Chinese earthenware glazed grotto group depicting figures and houses above a fish-filled river and craggy, tree-covered hills. This was probably used for growing orchids.

Object data

Accession number

DG 043

Date made

19th century AD

Materials

Ceramic; Pottery; Earthenware

Collection

Dimensions (cm)

Place of collection

Technique

Copyright Attribution

Planter for growing orchids | Ceramic,Pottery,Earthenware | 19th century AD | The Hunt Collection | PD

Provenance

File of material relating to a grotto group / orchid grower. Includes photocopy of information card with photocopy of image of object (date unspecified); photocopies of extracts from Sothebys catalogue of sale (c. 3 November 1981). Present object was purchased at this auction. Annotation suggests it may have been purchased for £300-400. Annotations further suggest that other objects were bought or sold by the Hunts at this auction. Suggested that a pair of Chinese black painted vases may have been purchased ; photocopy of extract from publication entitled 'An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols' by J.C. Cooper (London: Thames & Hudson, 1987). Includes image and description of an object which reads, 'An 18th-century Chinese carved this turquoise matrix into an icon of the cosmic mountain, where human, animal and vegetable life exist in perfection and mutual harmony, all joined and nourished by a never-failing waterfall and stream.'

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