Type Name:

PORCELAIN, DEHUA WHITE

Category:

PORCELAIN

Production Origin:

CHINA

Production Date Range:

1640-1750

Defining Attributes:

White, highly vitreous paste that is slightly thicker and glassier than most other porcelain types.

Covered in a creamy, translucent, white or light cream-colored feldspathic glaze, with no painted decoration.

Decoration consists of molded applied elements, that usually consist of floral motifs, but which may also include animals.

Texture can vary from a lardlike, almost greasy feel to a smooth, almost blemish-less ware.

Vessel Forms:

CUP
FIGURINE

Comments:

This ware is also known as "Blanc de Chine", and is most commonly used for small libation cups and figurines.

Published Definitions:

Mudge 1986