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the Municipal Museum, and in 1917, thanks to the fortunate combined action of the mayor of Leeuwarden and
the notary Nanne Ottema, the latter was able to move his collection in this building.
Ottema himself published a number of books on Chinese porcelain, based on the Princessehof collections and
with special attention given to export ceramics found in Indonesia, “Swatow” wares and martabans. One such
book was Chinesche Ceramiek. Handboek geschreven naar aanleiding van de verzamelingen in het Gemeentelijke
Museum het Princessehof te Leeuwarden (Chinese Ceramics. A Handbook), which was first published in 1943.
Nanne Ottema refers to these large dishes and jars as grove porceleinen.
Ref.: Romijn 1967; Bak 1999.
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