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Culture:Chinese
Title:saucer
Date Made:1750-1775
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: hard paste porcelain, overglaze polychrome enamels
Place Made:China
Measurements:overall: 1 in x 4 3/4 in; 2.54 cm x 12.065 cm
Accession Number:  HD 56.260
Credit Line:Gift of Helen Geier Flynt
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Chinese export porcelain saucer decorated with a domestic scene in iron red, purple, rose, yellow, blue, black, and green. The well is decorated with a woman holding up a young boy who reaches to iron-red tree (cherry?; another young boy standing with hands outstretched on the other side of the tree; the corner of iron red fence with brown rocks and black ink color vegetation on the right side.

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

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