Overglaze Enamel Painted Chinese Porcelain Body Sherds

Two very small Chinese-export porcelain body sherds with red and black overglaze enamel painted decoration on the exterior. The pattern is unknown but is likely a floral decoration. There is no visible decoration on the interior. The sherds do not mend and more than one vessel is possibly represented. 

• Object number

  339.16, 339.10

• Decoration

  Overglaze Enamel Painted

• Color

  Red

  Black

• Animals/objects

  Hollowware

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Unknown

• Material

  Porcelain

• Context

  Lot 14 North, Overburden (624.339)

• Forms

  Body

• Ware types

  Chinese

  Porcelain, Hard Paste