Name/Title
Tea BowlEntry/Object ID
A1982.14.84Description
Bowl or cup having a conical body standing on a high foot ring, with an iron brown wash on the rim and painted in underglaze blue with a line at the inner and outer rim, floral sprays on the exterior, a line at the foot, and a floral spray in a circle in the center of the well. On the underside is a double ring surrounding a lingzhu fungus.
Similar bowls were recovered from the wreck of the British East Indiaman Sussex, which sank on Bassas da India, a French atoll in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique (G. Bousquet, “The Discovery of an English East Indiaman at Bassas da India, a French Atoll in the Indian Ocean: the Sussex (1738)”, in Fenwick and Redknap, Ships, Cargoes, and the East India Trade (Nautical Archaeological Society, 1990), p. 85).Collection
CeramicsMade/Created
Date made
circa 1700 - circa 1740Time 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
