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Fig. 14.17 Chinese porcelain shards collected from archaeological work at San Blas

Fig. 14.18 Chinese porcelain
shards collected from
archaeological work at San
Blas

percentage of ceramics found in Mexico City (Miyata 2016). However, the amount
of cups of Dehua is very little for the 18th century because in Mexico City there are
a good number of cups and !gurines from Dehua. Another observation is the
westernization of ceramics. Dishes with Western motifs, polychrome called
“Guanzai” that were !red in Jingdezhen unpainted and transported to Guangdong
Port to be painted with Western motifs. Furthermore, a large dish that is an old
prototype of “willow pattern” and part of a dish with steam openings (Fig. 14.18)
were exclusively for export to Latin America and Europe.
On the contrary, it is interesting that there is a Chinese spoon among all San Blas
ceramics. These spoons began to appear in the port cities of Asia such as Nagasaki
from the 18th century and are of various origins. In San Blas, we !nd one of
Zhangzhou which the use in New Spain is not very clear.
Pieces of Kraak, some chocolate cups and other blue and white, are from the
17th century and do not fall in the period when San Blas operated as a Maritime