Tea Cup

Ceramic

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Stenton

Photo by Gavin Ashworth

Photo by Gavin Ashworth

Name/Title

Tea Cup

Entry/Object ID

A1982.14.181

Description

Chinese export porcelain hemispherical teabowl with a fluted body and scalloped rim, standing on a foot ring, painted in the Imari palette of underglaze blue, overglaze red, and gold with a blue line and the exterior rim and foot, floral sprays over the exterior, a narrow floral and vine band at the inner rim, and a floral spray framed in a double circle in the center of the well. The tea bowl was probably part of the same set as the saucer A1982.14.112.

Collection

Ceramics

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1710 - circa 1740

Time Period

18th Century

Place

City

Jingdezhen

Location

China

Region

East Asia

Continent

Asia

Dimensions

Height

2 in

Diameter

3-1/4 in

Material

Enamel, Gilding, 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

Related Entries

Notes

Match with saucer A1982.14.112 (CO112)