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Culture:Chinese
Title:tea canister
Date Made:ca. 1760
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: hard paste porcelain, overglaze polychrome enamels, gilding
Place Made:China
Measurements:overall: 5 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.; 14.605 x 8.255 cm
Accession Number:  HD 54.021.2
Credit Line:Gift of Henry N. Flynt and Helen Geier Flynt
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Chinese export porcelain tea canister with a domed cover with floral sprays in a scrolled reserve decorated in the Famille rose palette in iron red, pink, purple, green, white, and gilding.

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

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