Cup

Description

Cups of eggshell porcelain with underlaze blue decoration embedded in seabed deposit, recovered in 1885 from De Jonge Thomas, a Dutch ship wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope while returning from China in 1773: China, Qing Dynasty, possibly Kangxi reign, 1662 - 1722 AD

Museum reference

A.1886.501

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Cup

Production information

China, East Asia

Date

1662 - 1722

Style / Culture

Kangxi reign, Qing Dynasty, Chinese (Manchu)

Materials

Eggshell porcelain

Physical description

Eggshell porcelain

Associations

Jonge Thomas
Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, Southern Africa

Exhibitions

• Imagine (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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