Round porcelain punch bowl with slightly flared sides and a low foot ring. Red, gold and sepia painted design on all surfaces featuring various species of birds in reserves around the sides and a scene of a man and woman being served tea by two servants on the interior of the bowl.
punch bowls
porcelain
Kutani
Meiji
Bowl, Punch
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
FD132
Unknown
6 1/8 (H), 14 7/8 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1821
Japan
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