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General: underglaze blue and white Canton pattern showing scene of pagodas, trees and bridge. Canton border of cross-hatched and scalloped bands. Soup plate: light blue broadly executed decoration on muddy body.
soup plates
porcelain
glazing (coating)
tin (metal)
cross-hatching
Chinese export
bridges (built works)
willow (wood)
scalloping
trees
Porcelain
Willow
Tin Glazed
Pagoda
Tree
Bridge
Cross Hatch
Scalloped
Chinese Export
PLATE, SOUP
Willow
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
China; Korean
8.5 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.642.21
Possibly
Possibly
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