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CHAPTER 3 Enamelled Porcelain Consumption in Eighteenth-century China
Figure 3-4 Bowl enamelled with Butterfly medallions.
Yongzheng period (1723-1735). Height: 6.8cm; Diameter: 13.2 cm
Photo Courtesy of British Museum; Museum number: 1936,0413.26
3.4.2. Colour Matters
The other distinctive feature of enamelled porcelain was the importance given to the
surface of decorative objects, the colours and the design patterns which were
associated with ‘foreign’. From the late seventeenth century onwards, the increasing
trade between China and Western countries brought various foreign goods to China.
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