Underglaze Painted Chinese Porcelain Plate Body Sherd

One Chinese-export porcelain plate body sherd with blue underglaze painted decoration. There is an indeterminate floral underglaze painted decoration encircling the central motif. The sherd is a fragment from the interface of the marley and the cavetto.

• Object number

  430.51

• Decoration

  Underglaze Painted

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Plate

• Patterns

  Floral

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Porcelain

• Context

  Lot 28, Privy Deposit: Level 4 (624.430)

• Forms

  Body

• Ware types

  Chinese

  Porcelain, Hard Paste

• Techniques

  Press Molded