Teabowl and Saucer
Manufacturer
Worcester Porcelain Company
(British)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1758-60
MediumPorcelain
Dimensions2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm)
4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm)
4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II
Object numberL2005.10.132
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a Worcester 'Pu Tai' Pattern Teabowl (A) and Saucer (B). Each piece painted in iron-red, blue, rose, yellow and black and heightened in gilding with the corpulent Pu Tai Ho-shang seated before an iron-red patterned pyramid and waving a whisk at his two attendants: a man with a brocade ball and Guanyin holding a tall lotus stem, and the interior rim with an iron-red-edged gilt spearhead border.ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1765-70
