Tea bowl from V.O.C. ship the 'Witte Leeuw', complete. Tea bowl with straight wall and a lip edge that folds outwards. The foot ring is straight and faceted. The shard is thin and white and has no contamination. The base is flat and roughly finished with radial ridges. No oven sand was found. The glaze is thick and milky and has cracks and pinholes where the glaze is thin. The decoration is done in cobalt blue underglaze. The outside is sketchily decorated with four carp between aquatic plants, Saint Helena, the Dutch East India Company, anonymous, Jingdezhen, before 1613, porcelain (material), h 4.5 cm d 7.1 cm
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Tea bowl, V.O.C., ship, Witte Leeuw, complete, straight wall, lip edge, folds outwards, foot ring, straight, faceted, shard, thin, white, no contamination, base, flat, roughly finished, radial ridges, No oven sand, glaze, thick, milky, cracks, pinholes, decoration, done, cobalt blue underglaze, outside, sketchily decorated, four carp, aquatic plants, Saint Helena, Dutch East India Company, Jingdezhen, 1613, porcelain, material
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