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Culture:Chinese
Title:tea canister
Date Made:1760-1770
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: hard paste porcelain, overglaze polychrome enamels, gilding
Place Made:China
Measurements:overall: 5 1/4 in.; 13.335 cm
Accession Number:  HD 57.273
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Chinese export porcelain, ovoid-shaped tea canister decorated in the Famille rose palette in brown, black, iron red, rose, yellow, green, and gilding. The canister has a short neck, arched shoulders, overhanging rim, and a gilt wave-scroll border around the base, a form popular from 1735-1765. The domed cover has a mushroom knop. The canister is decorated on both sides with a gilt and brown cartouche, surrounded by iron red and rose flourishes, with a river harbor landscape scene of three figures, one with barrel and one fishing.

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