Underglaze Painted Chinese Porcelain Bowl Body/Rim Sherd

One thick-bodied Chinese export porcelain body/rim sherd from a bowl with a sloppily painted floral decoration on the exterior in underglaze blue. The interior has a double concentric circle around the base and another just beneath the rim. The edge of the rim has a brown washed (dressed) edge. The exterior has some staining from deposition.

• Object number

  680.4

• Decoration

  Underglaze Painted

  Brown Washed Rim (Dressed Rim)

• Color

  Blue

• Animals/objects

  Bowl

• Patterns

  Floral

  Lined

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Teaware

• Material

  Porcelain

• Context

  Lot 13 South, Rubble Beneath Cement Floor (624.680)

• Forms

  Body/Rim

• Ware types

  Chinese

  Porcelain, Hard Paste

• Techniques

  Press Molded