These figures are covered evenly in the creamy white glaze distinctive to the Dehua kilns of Fujian province. The female figure has an unusual European-style, high-piled coiffure. Known as “blanc de chine” in the West, Dehua porcelain was exported all over the world during the Qing dynasty. Made for export, these figures are representations of “exotic” native people made as curiosities for Westerners.