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Chinese Rice Bowl

Chinese Rice Bowl
Object name 
Chinese Rice Bowl
Date 
1850-1950
Medium 
Porcelain
Dimensions 
Overall: 1 1/4 x 4 in. ( 3.2 x 10.2 cm )
Description 
Porcelain lid with rice grain piercing; blue underglaze swag with fringe border, rice-grain pattern at base, and five bats encircling fretwork symbol.
Object Number 
INV.13601
Marks 
painted: in blue underglaze beneath foot: square with lines
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.