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Beaker and saucer

ca. 1700
Not on view
Cups of various forms decorated with a solid brown glaze on the exterior and cobalt-blue designs on the interior were a common type of export porcelain. The tall beaker form was for coffee or possibly hot chocolate. This type of export porcelain was known as Batavian ware, after the trading station at Batavia used by the Dutch East India Company, the most important trading firm in the late seventeenth century.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Beaker and saucer
  • Date: ca. 1700
  • Culture: Chinese, for European market
  • Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
  • Dimensions: Height (beaker .21): 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm);
    Diameter (saucer .22): 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain-Export
  • Credit Line: The Hans Syz Collection, Gift of Stephan B. Syz and John D. Syz, 1995
  • Object Number: 1995.268.21, .22
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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