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Tea bowl

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1770-1790

GUSN

GUSN-3705

Description

Handleless, hand-painted porcelain cup. Blue and white; inner border: trellis, spearhead and double dot; three-story bamboo pavillion with swastika fence, trees and rocks; boat behind fench with birds flying above; opposite: clump of rocks; interior center of bowl: rock with grass sprouting out.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tea bowls
porcelain
Chinese export
Bowl, Drinking
Bowl, Tea
Bowl, Tea

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

China

Dimensions

2 (H), 3 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. L. P. Dean

Accession Number

1920.124

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