Deep circular bowl form with high foot ring; exterior design of underglaze blue; Oriental dynastic characters with bands around foot ring; interior with six-lobed Persian star in center of bottom encircled by unglazed band (wiped clean).
punch bowls
porcelain
underglazing
Porcelain
Underglazed
Star
BOWL, PUNCH
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
China
5 x 10 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.843
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