Underglaze Painted Chinese Porcelain Rim and Body Sherd

One Chinese porcelain rim and body sherd. Likely part of a plate or shallow bowl. There is a brown painted line atop the surface of the rim. Known as a brown washed or brown dressed rim, this treatment was applied beginning around the 1630's to strengthen vessel rims and thin out fragile glaze. The interior surface is decorated with a blue painted underglaze floral and geometric design featuring a flower, fish roe, and hex cells. There is a trace of blue glaze on the exterior surface.

• Object number

  249.2

• Date made

  Post 1630

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

  Brown Washed Rim (Dressed Rim)

• Color

  Blue

  Brown

• Animals/objects

  Indeterminate

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Porcelain

• Context

  Lot 28, Deposit Under Floor #3 (624.249)

• Forms

  Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Chinese Porcelain

• Techniques

  Press Molded