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Tea bowl
Tea bowl, soft-paste porcelain, standing on a short small foot-rim and lage concave curving sides turning into a shallow convex curve at rim; underglaze mazarine blue ground decorated with superimposed gilt in trellis and foliage design, alternated with four reserves in which exotic bird scenes are finely painted in polychrome enamels, gilt band to foot rim, dentil edge to rim and gilt sprig in well centre; glazed.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 36481
Creation/Production
Chelsea Porcelain Factory
Date: 1759-1769
Acquisition
Transfer, 1921
Measurements
Height
(cm): 4.1
diam
(cm): 7.7
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 3
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
underglaze blue
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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