Underglaze Painted Chinese Porcelain Plate Rim Sherd

Small rim sherd from a Chinese-export porcelain plate with blue underglaze painted floral and geometric decoration on one surface. The sherd is most likely from an octagonal-shaped plate.

• Object number

  430.50

• Decoration

  Underglaze Painted

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Plate

• Patterns

  Floral

  Geometric

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Porcelain

• Context

  Lot 28, Privy Deposit: Level 4 (624.430)

• Forms

  Rim

• Ware types

  Chinese

  Porcelain, Hard Paste

• Techniques

  Press Molded