Underglaze Painted Chinese Porcelain Jug

Approximately a quarter of a Chinese porcelain hollowware vessel consisting of five base, body and rim sherds. Mended to form a small, bulbous, pear-shaped container such as a jug. May also be a cruet. The rim is fitted for a lid and is unglazed. The body is very white and decorated with a blue painted underglaze design on the exterior surface featuring a terrace scene with a house or bridge, trees, rocks, and people.

• Object number

  256.130, 256.147, 256.175, 256.54, 261.126

• Date made

  ca. 1755

• Dimensions

  Height 4.25 inches

• Decoration

  Underglaze Painted

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Cruet

  Hollowware

  Jug

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Porcelain

• Context

  Lot 28, Privy Deposit: Level 1 West Side (624.256)

• Forms

  Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Chinese Porcelain

• Techniques

  Press Molded