Tea bowl. White clay body w/ colorless glaze. Overglaze gilt and enamel decoration. Red and green bands at rim. Inner border of purple ribbons and floral sprigs enclosing one larger floral sprig. Deep circular bowl w/ high footring.
tea bowls
porcelain
floral patterns
Porcelain
Sprig
BOWL, TEA
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
2 (H), 3.5 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.165.3
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