Mottahedeh - Sacred Bird & Butterfly Scalloped Bowl

The Chinese word for butterfly, tieh, is a pun which expresses the wish that the owner might live to a ripe age. These motifs were rendered with characteristic understatement in the traditional Chinese orange and gold colors in an all-over pattern. The marriage of shape and design was a success and was reproduced in English china of about 1800-1810.

• 8.5" l, 6.5" w