Tea Bowl

Ceramic

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Stenton

Photo by Gavin Ashworth: This is an elegant blue and white porcelain bowl with floral patterns.
Photo by Gavin Ashworth

This is an elegant blue and white porcelain bowl with floral patterns.

Name/Title

Tea Bowl

Entry/Object ID

A1982.14.29

Description

Hemispherical bowl standing on a foot ring, painted in underglaze blue with a garland with lotus flowers and precious objects around the exterior. This is one of, if not the, earliest piece of Chinese porcelain excavated at Stenton. Krahl and Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum (1986), III:965.

Collection

Ceramics

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1640 - circa 1680

Time Period

17th Century

Place

City

Jingdezhen

Location

China

Region

East Asia

Continent

Asia

Dimensions

Height

2-1/4 in

Diameter

3-1/2 in

Material

Hard Paste Porcelain

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Location

Stenton

City

Philadelphia

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Related Events

Event

1982 Archeological Excavation