Name/Title
SaucerEntry/Object ID
A1982.14.78Description
Circular saucer with a slightly flared rim and standing on a foot ring, decorated with an iron brown wash over the exterior and painted in underglaze blue with a cross-hatched border at the inner rim and a Chinese landscape with two bodies of land divided by a stretch of water with mountains in the background, a boat, and a man on a bridge in the foreground in the well.
The brown glaze on the exterior is a type of decoration known today as Batavia ware, but in the period was described as “brown”, “capuchin”, “ash color,” and even “dead leaves”.Made/Created
Date made
circa 1725 - circa 1750Time Period
18th CenturyPlace
City
JingdezhenLocation
ChinaRegion
East AsiaContinent
AsiaMaterial
Hard Paste PorcelainRelationships
Related Places
Place
Location
StentonCity
PhiladelphiaState/Province
PennsylvaniaCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaRelated Events
Event
1982 Archeological Excavation