Tea bowl
The bowl is complete. It is circular in shape. The wall is flared at the top, and the rim is slightly flared, with a plain top. The wall curves at the base towards the sock, which is flat. The bowl rests on a straight ring foot. The bottom is recessed and flat. There is a mark printed in blue below the bottom: C or empty crescent. There are numerous linear marks on the inner base ; The decoration is hand-painted. It is blue with an oriental motif (Cannonball). Below the inner rim, the decoration is a ribbon made of double braces with spikes; it is underlined by a fillet. The decoration on the inner base is a solid rock surmounted by a stem. The decoration on the outer wall is an oriental scene with river, islands, pavilion and trees. The main island features a stylized rock with a tree in the center. It is flanked on the right by two trees, a plum and a pine. To the left is a pavilion with a roof featuring two chimneys. On the secondary island stands a tiered pagoda, surrounded by fences and trees. The water at the foot of this island is lined with three small solid circular rocks.
- Accession Number 2018.10.744
- Fabricant / Éditeur Thomas Turner, Robert Hancock
- Date 1785 c
- Materials ceramics, fine soft-paste porcelain from England
- Measurements 4,3 x 7,431 cm
- Accession Number 2018.10.744
- Fabricant / Éditeur Thomas Turner, Robert Hancock
- Date 1785 c
- Materials ceramics, fine soft-paste porcelain from England
- Measurements 4,3 x 7,431 cm
© Collection Pointe-à-Callière, Paul-Gaston L'Anglais fonds,2018.010.0744
Photo by René Bouchard
- On display
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