tea bowl & saucer
Summary
Wide tea bowl in greyish porcelain, tapering to curved base and tall narrow tapering footring. Decorated on exterior with large spray of flowers printed in underglaze blue, small single flowers and winged insect scattered over rest of body. Inside rim painted with blue scalloped line border, well with single flower. Two wide, deep saucers, each with flat well and steep curved sides, wide tapering footring. Painted inside rim with blue scalloped line border and printed in well with large spray of flowers surrounded by five scattered flower heads. One saucer has narrower footring than the other.
Object Name
tea bowl & saucer
Creators Name
Date Created
c 1749=1760
Dimensions
saucer: 2.6cm
tea bowl: 4.9cm
accession number
1917.508/3
Collection Group
Place of creation
Longton
Medium
Credit
Leicester Collier Bequest
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