Title
Porcelain stone
Year/Period
Unknown
Region
Dehua, Fujian province, China
Dimension
Object size: H: 7.5,
x W: 8.5,
x D: 8.2 cm
x W: 8.5,
x D: 8.2 cm
Accession No.
1995-03405
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Frank and Pamela Hickley
This porcelain stone was excavated from a quarry in Dehua.The Dehua kilns in Fujian province, is the production centre for white porcelain, which is known to the Chinese as 'zhuyoubai' (pork-grease white) or 'xiangyabai' (ivory white), and to the Europeans, 'blanc de Chine' (white porcelain). As these names suggest, Dehua porcelain has a white body, consisting predominantly of local porcelain stone.
