Fluted Chinese Porcelain Teacups

Three fairly intact handleless and slightly fluted teacups made of Chinese porcelain. There is a European-style red enamel decoration painted over the glaze featuring a single dragonfly in the center of the interior bowl and a red vine-like border along the interior, scalloped rim. The exterior surface has traces of a decoration featuring several large roses in pink or light purple surrounded by gilded leaves outlined in black or dark green. Additional base, body, and and rim fragments featuring this design are present. The rim diameter is approximately 3.5 inches and the base diameter is approximately 1.5 inches.

• Object number

  1196

• Dimensions

  Rim Diameter 3.5 inches

  Base Diameter 1.5 inches

• Decoration

  Overglaze Enamel Painted

  Scalloped rim

  Fluted

  Gilded

• Color

  Green

  Pink

  Red

  Purple

• Animals/objects

  Teacup

  Hollowware

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Teaware

• Material

  Porcelain

• Context

  Lot 27* Ceramic Shop Deposit: Undisturbed Ceramic Deposit (Red-Brown Sand with Ceramics) (624.1196)

• Forms

  Base/Body/Rim

  Footring

• Ware types

  Chinese Porcelain

• Techniques

  Press Molded