Underglaze Painted Chinese Porcelain Plate Rim and Body Sherd

One Chinese porcelain plate rim sherd with a light blue/gray body. The interior surface is decorated with a blue painted underglaze geometric design featuring diagonal lines and part of a flower. The cavetto is decorated with shaded geometric medallions. Likely part of the same vessel as sherd 256.68.

• Object number

  256.57

• Decoration

  Underglaze handpainted

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Plate

  Flatware

• 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