Jingdezhen blue-and-white ware

Date: Kangxi reign, Qing dynasty (1662-1722)

Dimensions: Height 19.7 cm, Diameter of mouth 2.2 cm, Diameter of base 6.9 cm

Material: Porcelain

Donated by Henk B. Nieuwenhuys

• Object Type：
  • CERAMICS
• Location：
  • CeraMIX Gallery
• Tag：
  • cruet fruit tree jingdezhen ware blue and white kangxi reign qing porcelain

This is a porcelain ware for export with unique shape. With two mouths conjoined to the body but separated in the belly part, the bottle can hold two kinds of different liquids. The emergence of such a bottle might be related to a kind of oil and vinegar jar in Italy in the 16th century. This piece is a typical ordered firing work. In the late Ming and early Qing, with the thriving of the porcelain export trade, many articles were processed with supplied samples, especially kitchen utensils. This might be specially fired for the Netherlands market.

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