Title
Salt cellar
Year/Period
18th century
Region
Fujian province, China
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 4 x 7.8 cm
Accession No.
2000-03486
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Frank and Pamela Hickley
This salt cellar produced for export at the Dehua kilns is decorated in relief with floral scrolls around its waist, and triangular motifs around the base. Dehua, located on the southeast coast of Fujian province, is well known for its production of white porcelain, known to Europeans as 'blanc de Chine'. The earliest Dehua porcelain was produced as early as the 14th century but the production and quality of these porcelain peaked around the 17th and 18th centuries.
