tea bowl (bowl (food service)); saucer (food service)

Thinly potted porcelain tea bowl and saucer with overglaze enamel decoration. The bowl has flared mouth and short footring. A repair on rim. Decorated with overglaze enamels in 'famille rose' palette. The exterior is painted with five peony sprays within cartouches against pink diaper background. A floral spray is painted on the well, a diaper border reserved with floral panels encircling the interior rim. The saucer has chipped rim and several cracks, stands on a board and low footing. Decorated on the interior with five peony sprays within cartouches against pink diaper background, a diaper border reserved with floral panels encircling the rim.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn4393
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall (saucer): 17 mm x 108 mm; overall (tea bowl): 37 mm x 66 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
porcelain; enamel; glaze
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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