Dutch Delftware vase

Updated at 2022-03-10

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When you look at this vase, your first reaction might be, “Hold on, isn’t that Chinese blue and white porcelain?” Delftware is in fact related to Chinese blue and white porcelain. This relationship can be traced back to the early 17th century, when the Dutch East India Company began importing Chinese porcelain to Europe, where it was very well received. However, war disrupted the trade and dozens of pottery factories sprang up in the town of Delft in the southern Netherlands. They devised ways to reproduce the beauty of blue and white porcelain. This was how Delftware came to be. It absorbed Chinese porcelain’s glaze characteristics and blue dyeing techniques, and combined them with Japanese color patterns to produce unique Dutch porcelain. The Dutch royal family uses Delftware. Whenever there is a major event such as the heir’s wedding or the birth of a new member, the royal family always commissions commemorative Delftware plates.

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Dutch Delftware vase

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