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Chinese export porcelain basin- item 1 of 2 (water bottle) of a toilet set. Deep, footed bowl with overhanging rim, the inside is centered with intricate scroll gilt monogram "AA" with famille rose, overglaze enamel flowers and gilt lambrequin decoration around the rim.
basins (vessels)
toilet sets (washing sets)
porcelain
enameling
gilding
Chinese export
famille rose
Gilded
Porcelain
Enameled
Famille Rose
Chinese Export
Set, Toilet
Stick on fabric label on the bottom underside reads: LITTLE/21
Famille Rose
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
Jingdezhen, China
3 3/4 x 5 (HxW), 10 1/5 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1273.1
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