China Trade Bowl
Artist
Unknown
CultureChinese
Dateca. 1790
MediumPorcelain | Enamel
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/2 x 8 1/8 in. (8.9 x 20.6 cm)
InscribedUnidentified coat of arms on each side
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt
Object number59.61.2
Not on view
DescriptionChinese exportware. Bowl with coat of arms shown twice and a pair of sepia scenes. Porcelain with enamel decoration. Three badly cracked areas which have been mended and painted over, rim chipped many times, and bisquet full of flaws. This is a white porcelain bowl with onglaze unidentified coat of arms on each side - large blue cross. It is decorated with vignets of a mountain landscape, bird on a branch of flowers, and an interior gold border.
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