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Culture:Chinese
Title:waste bowl
Date Made:ca. 1760
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: hard paste porcelain, overglaze polychrome enamels, gilding
Place Made:China
Measurements:overall: 2 5/8 in x 5 1/2 in; 6.6675 cm x 13.97 cm
Accession Number:  HD 53.081
Credit Line:Gift of Henry N. Flynt and Helen Geier Flynt
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Chinese export porcelain waste bowl with a scalloped edge, decorated with flower sprays in scrolled reserves in the Famille rose palette in iron red, pink, purple, green, white and gilding. Waste bowls or slop bowls served as a trash receptacle for used tea leaves and water.

Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); polychrome; Porcelain

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