Porcelain soup bowl with celadon green with polychrome enamel peacock perched on rose branch, surrounded by two butterflies.
soup plates
enameling
porcelain
Chinese export
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Soup
Plate, Soup
""Bought at the sale of Shirley Mansion in 1860 by J.P. Curtis.""
Eustis, William, 1753-1825
Unknown
China
9 3/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of William Sumner Appleton
1914.228
1850 (circa)
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