Underglaze Painted Chinese Porcelain Plate Rim Sherd

One rim sherd from a Chinese Export porcelain plate with a sloppy blue underglaze painted decoration. Possibly a Nanking-ware from the early 19th century. Rim has a fish roe diaper pattern with a repeating blue trellis band beneath. The sherd is most likely a residual from a plate in a neighboring context but does not mend to vessel.

• Object number

  256.79

• Date made

  Early 19th Century

• Decoration

  Underglaze Painted

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Plate

• Patterns

  Nanking

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Porcelain

• Context

  Lot 28, Privy Deposit: Level 1 West Side (624.256)

• Forms

  Rim

• Ware types

  Porcelain, Hard Paste

  Chinese

• Techniques

  Press Molded