Tea Bowl

Ceramic

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Stenton

Photo by Gavin Ashworth: The image displays a broken blue and white porcelain plate alongside a matching bowl, both decorated with intricate scenes.
Photo by Gavin Ashworth

The image displays a broken blue and white porcelain plate alongside a matching bowl, both decorated with intricate scenes.

Name/Title

Tea Bowl

Entry/Object ID

A1982.14.87

Description

Hemispherical tea bowl with a flared rim and standing on a foot ring, painted in underglaze blue with a scene of a Chinese man and woman standing on a terrace outside of a building with a banana plant around the exterior with a band of latticework at the interior rim and a flower in a circle in the center of the well.

Collection

Ceramics

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1730 - circa 1750

Time Period

18th Century

Place

City

Jingdezhen

Location

China

Region

East Asia

Continent

Asia

Dimensions

Height

1-1/2 in

Diameter

2-3/4 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