Teabowl
Manufacturer
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
(English, 1743 - 1769)
CultureEnglish
Datec.1749-1752
MediumPhosphatic (bone ash) soft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels
DimensionsOverall: 5 × 8.5 cm (1 15/16 × 3 3/8 in.)
MarkingsNone
DescriptionChelsea double ogival teabowl with delicately lobed lotus petal rim, painted in the kakiemon palette with the Flying Fox pattern, showing a red squirrel jumping in the air between a meandering branch of fruiting vines issuing from a series of banded hedges, on which perches a yellow squirrel, the interior with scattered stylised florets
Credit LineGift of William B.G. Humphries
Object numberG23.8.57
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
English PorcelainStatus
Not on viewArtist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1730-1740
Object number: G04.18.6a-b
Artist / Maker: Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory
c.1730-1740
Object number: G04.18.13.1-2
Artist / Maker: Chantilly Porcelain Manufactory
c.1730-1740
Object number: G04.18.10a-b
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1730
Object number: G05.11.5
Artist / Maker: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
1750-1752
Object number: G10.3.3