China of the Most Fashionable Sort: Chinese Export Porcelain in Colonial America
On view in the Weldon Focus Gallery
Chinese export porcelain played an important role in the lives of 18th-century Americans. It was the most desirable of the ceramic bodies, and possessing it indicated wealth and status. This exhibition illustrates the wide variety of Chinese porcelain available in early America with a particular focus on pieces with histories in Virginia. Objects recovered from Williamsburg’s archaeological excavations are also featured.
Explore Pieces from the Exhibition
Cream Jug, Jindezhen, China, ca. 1735, hard-paste porcelain. Museum Purchase, 1964-335
Beaker and Saucer, Jingdezhen, China, ca. 1750, hard-paste porcelain. Museum Purchase, The Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach, Directors, 2013-30.
Dish, Jingdezhen, China, ca. 1755. Museum Purchase, Wesley and Elise H. Wright in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clay Hofheimer II and in honor of John C. Austin, 2012-79
Plate, Jinddezhen, China, ca. 1765, hard-paste porcelain. Gift of Murray F. Nimmo, 2013-130
Saucer dish, Jingdezhen, China, ca. 1720, hard-paste porcelain. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Ridinger III, 2013-115
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