Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Luce Center
Tea bowl and saucer
Object Number:
1957.306ab
Date:
1752-1765
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall (a: Tea bowl): 1 7/8 × 3 1/4 in. (4.8 × 8.3 cm)
Overall (b: Saucer): 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
Marks:
painted: in blue, workman's mark: circle above two straight lines connected by a stick
Description:
Fluted porcelain tea bowl and saucer painted in underglaze blue in the "Prunus Root" pattern, a root-like vine with occasional blooms and insects; interior bowl rim is decorated with two sprays and an insect with root in center; painted blue circle above two straight lines connected by a stick( possibly workman's mark)
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
