Tea bowl
Datec. 1750
Geography
Made -
China
Medium/TechniquePorcelain
DimensionsOverall (H x W x D): 1 9/16 in. x 3 in. x 3 1/16 in. (3.97 cm x 7.62 cm x 7.78 cm)
Credit LinePurchased by the A. Alfred Taubman Acquisition Endowment Fund, 2005
Object numberM-4491
DescriptionCircular tea bowl with a slightly flared, plain rim and rounded sides on a shallow foot ring, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue. The interior rim and well have trellis-diaper bands. On one side of the exterior are a pair of pines on a river bank, while trees and brush atop a rock appear on the opposite side. Very finely potted.Pattern Names: Blue Pine
Published ReferencesColin Sheaf and Richard Kilburn, The Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes: The Complete Record (Oxford, England: Phaidon, 1988), 103, 106-107. (general reference)
C. J. A. Jorg, The Geldermalsen: History and Porcelain (Groningen: Kemper Publishers, 1986), 66-67. (general reference)
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