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A scalloped bowl with a cylindrical foot ring. It is decorated with iron red and underglaze blue with a center circular medallion. It has fantastic bird of orange and gold with red and blue swirls radiating from the medallion. Three medallions are along the sides with pomegranite designs; the outside is decorated with blue and iron red.
bowls (vessels)
porcelain
earthenware
underglazing
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Aves (class)
Porcelain
Underglazed
Bird
Medallion
Earthenware
BOWL
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
Japan
4.25 (H), 11 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.86
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