Medium: Glazed earthenware with transfer printed decoration
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Dates:ca. 1880
Dimensions: height: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm) diameter: 12 in. (30.5 cm)
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Accession Number: 1993.209.94
Image: 1993.209.94_transp533.jpg,
Catalogue Description: A round tray decorated with transfer-printed polychrome designs of stylized branches and pomegranates on a white ground. At center-left is an open picture book revealing a scene with two girls bathing in the ocean, flanked by a Chinese brush and ink landscape on light blue ground and a rounded fan decorated with fish in the Chinese style. Opposite is an image of a small sailboat within a rhomboidal frame surrounded by stylized twigs. To the right is bound set of picture cards surrounded by stylized leaves. Gilt line along rim. Part of a 11-piece tea set. CONDITION: Excellent.