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The shape and decoration imitate Chinese examples.\r\n\r\nThis particular item bears the 'Venezia' mark, making it an important documentary piece from this factory, despite its small size.  Pieces made at Vezzi, the earliest Venetian factory, are in any case rare, as it was in production for less than ten years.","physicalDescription":"Teabowl of hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue with enamel details in red and lime green. Of shallow oriental shape, everted at the rim and raised on a foot rim, and decorated with vignettes of leaves and flowers alternating with small grouped towers and large exotic birds in flight. 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