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Cup, F84.109

Physical Description

Blue and white earthenware tea bowl with scenes in blue and white on outside of bowl and badly worn gilt rim. Blue circles around top inside of rim and middle outside of bowl, slight rib around middle outside of bowl. Scenes include a bamboo grove, two riders in a landscape, a bird in a tree, and a warrior in a landscape. Maker's mark on bottom. Gold rim.

Research Notes

—Professor Kelun Chen
Blue and white earthenware tea bowl with scenes in blue and white on outside of bowl and badly worn gilt rim. Blue circles around top inside of rim and middle outside of bowl, slight rib around middle outside of bowl. Scenes include a bamboo grove, two riders in a landscape, a bird in a tree, and a warrior in a landscape. Crack down middle of bowl. —Jonathan Wicken

Provenance

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Measurements

Maximum dimensions (H x W x D): 41 x 57 x 57mm

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