Gilded and Overglaze Enamel Painted Chinese Porcelain Rim Sherd

One small Chinese export porcelain rim sherd with gold gilding and dark gray overglaze enamel painted decoration on the interior. The sherd may be from a teacup, saucer or similar vessel. The motif is a European Neoclassical style and is possibly a variant of a husk chain motif between two straight lines of gray and gilded decoration. There is no visible decoration on the exterior.

• Object number

  776.6

• Date made

  1765 - 1810

• Decoration

  Gilded

  Overglaze Enamel Painted

• Color

  Gray

• Animals/objects

  Teaware, General

• Patterns

  European Neo-Classical Style

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Teaware

• Material

  Porcelain

• Context

  Lot 13 South, Deposit Below Horizontal Wooden Boards (624.776)

• Forms

  Rim

• Ware types

  Chinese

  Porcelain, Hard Paste

• Techniques

  Press Molded