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Waste Bowl

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1795-1830

GUSN

GUSN-4720

Description

Deep circular form curving at bottom with circular foot; underglaze blue decoration; exterior with landscape scene of two pagodas, flock of birds, bridge, and islands; interior rim of blue band with diagonal lines with secondary border of diagonal lines below; abstract sprig inside bowl.

Details

Descriptive Terms

slop bowls
porcelain
underglazing
Canton (Chinese painting style)
willow (wood)
Porcelain
Underglazed
Canton
Willow
BOWL, WASTE

Pattern

Willow

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2.625 (H), 6 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.836

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