Gilded and Overglaze Enamel Painted Chinese Porcelain Saucer Body/Rim Sherd

One Chinese-export porcelain saucer body/rim sherd with gilded and enameled decoration along the interior rim. The interior rim is lined with a series of dashed L-shaped lines, with three straight narrow bands above and three straight narrow bands below. The decoration is done with a combination of gilt and brown enamel. The interior may have had additional overglaze decoration, but if so, it has worn away. Some of the decoration along the rim is no longer visible.

7 Hanover Square

Manhattan, 7 Hanover Square

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