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Culture:Chinese
Title:teacup
Date Made:ca. 1760
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: hard paste porcelain, overglaze polychrome enamels, gilding
Place Made:China
Measurements:overall: 1 3/4 x 2 7/8 in.; 7.62 cm
Accession Number:  HD 59.278
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Chinese export porcelain teacup (saucer - HD 59.278.1) in the Famille rose palette of rose, black, brown, yellow, green, blue, purple, iron-red, and turquoise. The exterior has a standing woman in rose, yellow and tourqoiuse with her left hand over a jumping(?) fish; a seated older man fishing on the bank who wears a brown straw hat and his purple robe open to show a sagging chest and stomach; and a tall tree with a large overhanging branch and iron red berries, flowers or leaves. A boy with a brown straw basket on his back leans over to pick up a fish.

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