Model
ca.1800-1815 (made)
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This model of a Chinese pagoda was probably purchased by the Prince of Wales (later George IV) for the Pavilion at Brighton. From details in the Royal Archive it is known that about half a dozen such pagodas were bought in the years 1806 and 1816, and were expensive items.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain with decoration in underglaze blue, overglaze enamels and gilding |
| Brief description | Model of a pagoda, figure and plinth, porcelain with decoration in underglaze blue, overglaze enamels and gilding, wooden plinth, China, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), ca.1800-1815 |
| Physical description | Model of a pagoda and figure of porcelain, with seventeen tiers, hexagonal in section, on a wooden plinth. The first tier above the wooden base has panels with landscape scenes depicted in blue on white. The remaining tiers are polychrome. A porcelain figure can be seen at each of the windows on the front section of the pagoda. Bells on chains hang from fish-shaped finials at roof corners.Chains attach the surmounting finial to the top roof corners. |
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| Summary | This model of a Chinese pagoda was probably purchased by the Prince of Wales (later George IV) for the Pavilion at Brighton. From details in the Royal Archive it is known that about half a dozen such pagodas were bought in the years 1806 and 1816, and were expensive items. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.80-1954 |
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| Record created | April 6, 2000 |
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