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Blanc de Chine (Dehua)

China tradition · 5 examples · indicative market tier: $5k–50k (serious collector)

Dehua porcelain (Chinese: 德化陶瓷; pinyin: Déhuà Táocí; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tek-hòe hûi), more traditionally known in the West as Blanc de Chine (French for "White from China"), is a type of white Chinese porcelain, made at Dehua in the Fujian province. It has been produced from the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) to the present day. Large quantities arrived in Europe as Chinese export porcelain in the early 18th century and it was copied at Meissen and elsewhere. Wikipedia →

Types & examples

Bodhisattva Guanyin of the South Sea
Bodhisattva Guanyin of the South Sea, 1600s
Cleveland Museum of Art
Flattened Teapot (Bianhu)
Flattened Teapot (Bianhu), Qing dynasty (1644–1911), mid–17th century
Art Institute of Chicago
Bodhidharma in meditation
Bodhidharma in meditation, 17th century
The Met
Bodhisattva Guanyin
Bodhisattva Guanyin, 18th century
The Met
White-Robed Guanyin
White-Robed Guanyin, 18th century
The Met

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