Beaker and saucer

Unknown

ca. 1700 · Hard-paste porcelain · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Cups of various forms decorated with a solid brown glaze on the exterior and cobalt-blue designs on the interior were a common type of export porcelain. The tall beaker form was for coffee or possibly hot chocolate. This type of export porcelain was known as Batavian ware, after the trading station at Batavia used by the Dutch East India Company, the most important trading firm in the late seventeenth century.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1700

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain

Culture

Chinese, for European market

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

The Hans Syz Collection, Gift of Stephan B. Syz and John D. Syz, 1995