Rectangular porcelain serving dish. Dish (a) has canted sides and cover (b) with berry finial. Decorated with green tendrils, pink peonies, butterflies on metallic gold ground. Scrolled medallions on body and on cover depict 1) people engaged in various activities and 2) birds and insects with flowers. Two circular medallions bordered in gold flank finial and depict bird and flowers.
vegetable dishes
enameling
hand-painted
porcelain
underglazing
Chinese export
Dish, Serving
Dish, Vegetable
Dish, Vegetable
Painted underside of cover and inner lip of body: cover: ""1b"" [twice]; body: ""111"" [twice]. Chinese characters.
1987.381.1A,B
Unknown
China
5 x 9 1/2 x 8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Edwin Buckingham Sears
1987.381.1AB
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