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Tea bowl

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1750-1775

GUSN

GUSN-28707

Description

Handleless, hand-painted porcelain cup. Exterior border: red and pink stylized vine; large beribboned spray of pink an dgreen flowers and small flower bud (pink and green). Interior border: band of red half circles from which hand blue stylized florettes with three leaves; red stylized leaf, center of bowl.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tea bowls
porcelain
hand-painted
glazing (coating)
Chinese export
Bowl, Drinking
Bowl, Tea
Chinese Export
Bowl, Tea

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

China

Dimensions

1 3/4 (H), 3 1/4 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Harriet A. White

Accession Number

1919.412

Related Items

Title Tea bowl Accession Number 1916.324

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