Underglaze Painted Chinese Porcelain Body Sherd

One Chinese porcelain body sherd. May be part of a shallow bowl or saucer. The body is very white and finely decorated with a blue painted underglaze design on the interior surface consisting of flowers and a hex cell motif. May be part of the same vessel as sherds 249.57, 256.138, 256.41, and 256.176.

• Object number

  256.99

• Date made

  ca. 1785

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Bowl

  Saucer

  Flatware

  Hollowware

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Porcelain

• Context

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

• Forms

  Body

• Ware types

  Chinese Porcelain

• Techniques

  Press Molded