Title
Shard
Year/Period
17th century or later
Region
Fujian province, China
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Object size: L:7.0 x W:4.3
Accession No.
1997-02262
Collection of
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
This shard came from a Dehua porcelain ware. It has the typical white sugary body texture of the southern porcelain stone. Previously part of a rim, this shard has curled over excessively under high temperature. Dehua porcelain is better known in the West as blanc-de-chine porcelain, which rose to international significance around the 17th century. Its popularity at home and abroad continued and the kilns at Dehua remain prolific to this day.
