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Mug
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Mug
- Place of origin:
Dehua, China (made)
- Date:
1680-1715 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Plain white porcelain, with moulded flower decoration
- Credit Line:
Given by Henry Willet
- Museum number:
3749-1901
- Gallery location:
On Display
Object Type
The mug is European in shape and would have been used for coffee or chocolate. The Chinese factories made export goods to order, using European drawings, engravings, three-dimensional models or actual vessels as models.
Place
Chinese porcelain was exported to the West from several kilns in China. The most productive were those in the city of Jingdezhen in Jiangxi Province. However, some of the products most favoured by European consumers came from kilns at Dehua, in the south-eastern coastal province of Fujian. These kilns were close to major export ports such as Amoy (Xiamen) or Canton (Guangzhou).
Materials & Making
Dehua porcelain was creamy-white, hard and very translucent. It was known in Europe as 'Blanc de Chine' and was one of the first types of porcelain to be copied, in factories such as Meissen.
