Porcelain celadon glaze soup plate with polychrome enamel decoration consisting of a peony tree branch, birds, butterflies and beetles, painted gold rim.
soup plates
porcelain
celadon (glaze)
Chinese export
Plate, Soup
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
Unknown
1 1/4 (H), 9 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.3035
China
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