Chinese Export Porcelain in Special Collections and University Archives

Dark wooden case with two shelves of various porcelain artifacts.
Curated by Kathleen Dusseault

Part of the Chinese export porcelain collection can be found in the image above. The entirety of the collection can be found in the image gallery below. 

Note: Some of the images have been edited to remove stickers not integral to the porcelain’s origin.

Image Gallery

Scenery Plate

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Milk Jug

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Famille Rose Teacup

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Crest Plate

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Chocolate Cup

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Crest Tea Caddy

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Tea Bowl

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Valentine Pattern Bowl

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Three Piece Cup

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Front of broken cup in three pieces: The center piece displays a pink flower and bud with green leaves on a blue and gold diamond background. The rest of the cup is mostly white but for here where the rim pattern dips down to make room for the flowers.
Top of broken cup in three pieces: The center has a golden circle with similar pink flowers as the outer side. The inner rim is a golden blue bar with occasional pink flowers.
Back of broken cup in three pieces: Broken white cup in three pieces illustrated with a pink flower and bud with green leaves on a blue and gold diamond background.

Scenery Tea Cup

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Red Bowl

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Side 1 of red diaper pattern bowl: This side of the bowl has a crack straight down from the rim. The scene depicted here contains three figures beside a house with a landscape stretching out behind them.
Front of red diaper pattern bowl: What appears to be the same three figures from the scene on side 1 plus a forth occupy a repeated instance of the garden while the landscape now contains a close pair of trees.
Red Bowl
Side 2 of red diaper pattern bowl: This side features the figures again, being in the same garden, they are dressed differently. As in every scene, the red diaper pattern frames them in a curling, almost scalloped way.
Top of red diaper pattern bowl: This bowl's interior is intricately decorated. The inner rim has a flowery red diaper pattern, and the center is a multicolored arrangement of flowers and leaves.

Clobbered Ware Teapot

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Batavian Ware Tea Bowl

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Crest Teapot

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Blue Bowl

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Top, pieces down of blue bowl: This bowl has two pieces broken from a single portion.
Side of blue bowl: The broken portion interrupts a scene where here only one figure can be seen beside a table with various items on top and various pets underneath. It is framed by an interlocking blue pattern.
Angle 1 of blue bowl: White bowl broken into three pieces with blue decorative elements on rim. On the largest piece, the face of a second figure can be seen beside a vase with flowers in it.
Angle two of blue bowl: This angle shows off how deep the broken portion is, from the rim to the bottom.
Blue Bowl
Top, pieces up of blue bowl: The interior of this bowl is white with a few flowers in the center. A hexagonal blue pattern borders the inner rim, and at the very lip, there is shining gold.

Scalloped Plate

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Scenery Tea Caddy

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Scenery Plate

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Angle 1 of garden scenery plate: This plate has robust colors primarily in green, pink, and blue. It displays figures in a garden.
Angle 2 of garden scenery plate: White plate with painted figures in a garden scene. The figures in the garden scene sit or stand, and one in the middle is playing a kind of flute. A stream runs through the garden behind them.
Scenery Plate
Angle 3 of garden scenery plate: The center, which contains the scene, is outlined in gold. The rim contains a plant and animal medley which is strikingly similar to that on the chocolate cup.

One Cup of Pair

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Second Cup of Pair

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These images of porcelain are all from Special Collections and University Archives at Truman State University.