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Red on a black ground with gilt decoration of two flowers and a flying bird. Circular shallow body.
saucers (plates)
gilding
lacquering
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Aves (class)
flowers (plants)
floral patterns
Gilded
Flower
Bird
Lacquered
SAUCER
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
China
5 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1843
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