Underglaze Painted Chinese Porcelain Teacup

Chinese-export porcelain teacup rim sherd with blue underglaze painted motif around interior rim. Interior rim features a geometric and fish roe pattern while exterior has a tree and tea house. The tea cup has a brown dressed and scalloped rim and the body has stained crazing. There is a similar sherd in the same context that does not mend but is most likely from the same vessel.

• Object number

  261.29

• Decoration

  Underglaze Painted

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Teacup

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Teaware

• Material

  Porcelain

• Context

  Lot 28, Privy Deposit: Level 2 West Side (624.261)

• Forms

  Rim

• Ware types

  Chinese Porcelain