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A) Tureen: ovoid form with short canted foot and high sides; boarshead handle at each side; underglaze blue Willow pattern with landscape scene of pagodas, trees, islands and bridge; foot with diapered cross-hatched border; Chinese characters at handles; B) Slightly domed ovoid cover with flat rim; large pine cone knop handle; similar decoration; rim with diapered border; C) Shallow hexagonal tray with flaring rim; similar decoration.
tureens
bases (object components)
porcelain
underglazing
Canton (Chinese painting style)
willow (wood)
Porcelain
Underglazed
Canton
Willow
TUREEN
Willow
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
1977.839ABC
Unknown
3.625 x 7.5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.839A-C
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