Yue wares (late 3rd–4th century AD) include a water pot in the form of a lion. The Tang dynasty (AD 618–906) is well-represented, including grave offerings in the form of animals, such as a colourfully glazed camel and a naturalistic horse. Song dynasty porcelain (10th–13th century AD) includes a water sprinkler decorated with animal heads (for use in a Buddhist temple) and a water dropper in the form of a duck (part of a scribe’s ink-set) The Ming dynasty (AD 1368–1644) is represented by a seated female figure in green and yellow glazed stoneware (perhaps an ancestor or goddess for use in a temple), a wine jar with the painted scene of a scholar in a garden and a bowl with a finely painted bird decoration. Painted porcelain produced for European export (famille verte) during the Qing dynasty (Kangxi period AD 1662–1722) includes a vase with an elaborate narrative scene of mounted warrior, men and women in a garden. 18th and 19th century pottery and porcelainChinese armorial porcelain (late-18th century)'' – Sir Thomas Gascoigne, 8th Baronet commissioned a dinner service (c.1770) for his house at Parlington Hall, with a tea service following ten years later (c.1780). Both armorial porcelain services feature the Gascoigne crest (a pike’s head). 63 items from the dinner service survive at Lotherton Hall, along with 22 items from the tea service. This represents a fraction of the original, with the dinner service likely to have featured at least 100 meat plates and 50 soup plates (a total of only 29 plates survive) Other significant ceramic designers and manufacturers displayed at Lotherton Hall include William de Morgan, Burmantofts Pottery and Leeds Pottery (the latter being famous for its creamware) Modern craft studio pottery Lotherton Hall houses a small collection of modern craft studio pottery, including works by significant potters such as Alison Britton, Michael Cardew, Michael Casson, Joanna Constantinidis, Hans Coper, Elizabeth Fritsch, T.S. Haile, Bernard Leach, Janet Leach, Lucy Rie and Sutton Taylor. The Medieval Chapel The chapel was originally built in 1100s to serve as a place of worship for the former village of Lotherton. During the First World War Colonel and Mrs Gascoigne had it restored, to house wounded soldiers and as a place of worship. Inside the Chapel there is a memorial piece dedicated to the soldiers who fought and were treated at Lotherton. Inside the pulpit there is a prayer desk that