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A brown covered bowl with blue floral decorations inside a white central ground.
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Unknown Maker, Chinese export

Batavia Ware Bowl with Cover
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Description

Maker

Unknown Maker, Chinese export

Culture

Chinese export

Title

Batavia Ware Bowl with Cover

Year

ca. 1740

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

clay products

Geography

Place Made: China

Dimensions

9.2 cm (3 5/8 inches) (height) without cover

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Mrs. Hope Brown Russell

Object Number

09.227

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Trading Earth
Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce
Apr 09, 2022 – Jan 12, 2025

Label copy

Some locations are synonymous with commodities traded there. Mocha—the name of a coffee bean and a coffee beverage—is a port city that for centuries led coffee trade in Yemen, the first export destination for coffee from its origin in Ethiopia. Batavia ware is porcelain with a deep coffee-colored iron glaze, made in China for Western export. These wares were named for Batavia (now Jakarta), a city on the island of Java, which was the Dutch East India Company trading center for coffee.

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Chinese export
Batavia Ware Bowl with Cover, ca. 1740
Porcelain with underglaze blue and glaze
9.2 cm (3 5/8 inches) (height) without cover
Bequest of Mrs. Hope Brown Russell 09.227

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