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Octagonal Trencher Salt
Chinese export
about 1750
Object Place: East Asia, China for export
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
3.9 cm (1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Janet M. Wolfson
Accession Number1982.97
NOT ON VIEW
DescriptionHard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels and gold; butterfly, flowers, and birds at center, gold flower and pencilled leaf top border, gold scroll border at base. Unmarked. Condition: small rim chip, fire crack at waist.
ProvenanceShreve, Crump and Low, Boston; March 4, 1962, purchased by Janet M. Wolfson, Brookline, MA