Underglaze Painted Chinese Porcelain Rim Sherd

One very small Chinese export porcelain rim sherd with an underglaze blue painted decoration on both the interior and exterior with a brown dressed rim. The sherd may possibly be from a teacup, bowl or similar type of vessel.

• Object number

  1171.1

• Date made

  18th Century

• Decoration

  Underglaze Painted

  Brown Washed Rim (Dressed Rim)

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Teaware

• Material

  Porcelain

• Context

  Lot 27*, Test Cut AT: Blue-Gray Clay (624.1171)

• Forms

  Rim

• Ware types

  Porcelain, Hard Paste

  Chinese

• Techniques

  Press Molded