Gilded and Underglaze Painted Chinese Porcelain Body Sherd

One Chinese porcelain body sherd. The interior surface is decorated with a blue painted underglaze decoration consisting of fish roe, flowers, and bands of lines. There also is a thin line of gilding over the glaze. Likely part of shallow bowl or saucer. May be part of the same vessel as sherds 256.176, 256.138, 256.99, and 256.41.

• Object number

  249.57

• Date made

  ca. 1785

• Decoration

  Gilded

  Underglaze handpainted

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Bowl

  Saucer

  Flatware

  Hollowware

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Porcelain

• Context

  Lot 28, Deposit Under Floor #3 (624.249)

• Forms

  Body

• Ware types

  Chinese Porcelain

• Techniques

  Press Molded