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Saucer
Porcelain (hard-paste), gilt
1775-1815
Saucer
Saucer
Porcelain (hard-paste), gilt
1775-1815
Saucer Porcelain (hard-paste), gilt 1775-1815
Status
On view
Date1775-1815
Geography Made - China
DimensionsOverall (H x W x D): 1 3/16 in. x 5 11/16 in. x 5 5/8 in. (3.02 cm x 14.45 cm x 14.29 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, 1995
Object numberM-3891/F
DescriptionCircular saucer with a plain rim and rounded sides on a shallow foot ring, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue. At the center of the well is a right-anchored landscape with two birds in flight above a river flowing between two points of wooded land with buildings; a single-masted ship appears at left. The interior rim has a trellis-diaper border with spearheads and double dots. The exterior is undecorated. A few scant traces of gilt are present on the rim. Very finely potted.


Pattern Names: Two Birds, Diving Bird, Nanking.

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Saucer
Porcelain (hard-paste), gilt
1775-1815
1775-1815
Saucer
Porcelain (hard-paste), gilt
1775-1815
1775-1815
Saucer
Porcelain (hard-paste), gilt
1775-1815
1775-1815
Saucer
Porcelain (hard-paste), gilt
1775-1815
1775-1815
Saucer
Porcelain (hard-paste), gilt
1775-1815
1775-1815
Saucer
Porcelain (hard-paste), gilt
1775-1815
1775-1815
Saucer
Porcelain (hard-paste), gilt
1775-1815
1775-1815
Saucer
Porcelain (hard-paste), gilt
1775-1815
1775-1815
Saucer
Porcelain (hard-paste), gilt
1775-1815
1775-1815
Saucer
Porcelain (hard-paste), gilt
1775-1815
1775-1815
Saucer
Porcelain (hard-paste), gilt
1775-1815
1775-1815
Set of three garniture vases
China
Porcelain, enamel, gilt
c. 1780
1775-1815
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