Underglaze Painted and Gilded Chinese Porcelain Rim Sherd

Two Chinese porcelain rim sherds. The interior surface of the rim is decorated with a fuzzy blue painted underglaze lattice/trellis motif and a thin line of gilding over the glaze. There also are faint traces of gilding atop the rim. The exterior surface is decorated with a blue painted underglaze spearhead motif. Pieces do not mend.

• Object number

  249.68, 249.227

• Decoration

  Gilded

  Underglaze handpainted

• Color

  Blue

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Porcelain

• Context

  Lot 28, Deposit Under Floor #3 (624.249)

• Forms

  Rim

• Ware types

  Chinese Porcelain

• Techniques

  Press Molded