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Tea bowl
Tea bowl, silver, hemispherical bowl standing on an applied straight-sided foot ring; the sides flat-chased with chinoiseries comprising three frond-like plants, a crane and a standing Chinese figure reading a small book held up in its right hand, a matted border round the base of the bowl with three crescent-shaped and three pointed projections, the foot ring and the rim reeded.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51334
Acquisition
Purchase - with support, 3/5/2001
Purchased with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the National Art Collections Fund and the Goldsmiths' Company.
Measurements
Height
(cm): 4.1
diam
(cm): 7.5
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 2
Weight
(gr): 47.25
Techniques
raised
forming
Applied Art
flat-chased
decoration
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
soldered
forming
Applied Art
Material
silver, sterling standard
Location
In store
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