Printed Pearlware Rim and Body Sherd

One mended pearlware rim and body sherd from a hollowware vessel. The exterior and interior rims are decorated with a medium blue underglaze transfer printed Chinese-style decoration consisting of a geometric border. A pagoda and flowers are visible on the exterior surface of the body.

• Object number

  147.29, 147.71

• Date made

  1790 - 1814

• Decoration

  Printed

• Color

  Medium Blue

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

• Patterns

  Chinese

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Refined Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 12, Test Cut G Cistern: Brown Sandy Silt in Feature (Strata 7c-7f) (624.147)

• Forms

  Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Pearlware

• Techniques

  Press Molded