Overglaze Enamel Painted Chinese Porcelain Teacup

One Chinese porcelain teacup comprised of body and base sherds with a footring. There is a European-style red enamel decoration painted over the glaze featuring a single dragonfly in the center of the interior bowl. The exterior surface has traces of a pink and green floral decoration. The base diameter is approximately 4 cm.

• Object number

  1147

• Dimensions

  Base Diameter 4 cm

• Decoration

  Overglaze Enamel Painted

• Color

  Green

  Pink

  Red

• 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) (624.1147)

• Forms

  Base/Body

  Footring

• Ware types

  Chinese Porcelain

• Techniques

  Press Molded