Title
Imari-type butter dish
Year/Period
mid-18th century
Region
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 7 x 11.4 x 11.4 cm
Accession No.
1997-02635
Collection of
This butter dish features underglaze blue and overglaze enamel decoration of insects among foliage. The shape probably originated from Dutch wooden butter tubs. A cord was tied to the looped handles, as in Dutch butter tubs. Butter tubs were used in dinner services in Europe. This popular form continued throughout the 18th century and was emulated by kilns at Delft and Meissen.
