Underglaze Painted Chinese Porcelain Teacup Rim Sherd

One Chinese-export porcelain rim sherd from a teacup. The interior is decorated with a blue underglaze painted geometrical motif along the rim. The exterior has a line along the edge of the rim with an indeterminate pattern below, possibly a landscape.

• Object number

  654.6

• Decoration

  Underglaze Painted

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Teacup

• Patterns

  Geometric

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Teaware

• Material

  Porcelain

• Context

  Lot 13 South, Rubble Beneath Cement Floor (624.654)

• Forms

  Rim

• Ware types

  Porcelain, Hard Paste

  Chinese