Accession Number

1986.008.0897c

Creation Date

circa 1620

Description

Flat bottom fragment. Blue and white design on outside. One of three pieces with same accession number. See also 1986.008.0897a, b.

Exhibition Label

Case Caption (2023): N/A
 
Object Caption (2023):

2. Tableware Fragment
Porcelain (China, Ming Dynasty, c.1600)
Gift of Jamestown Inc.
1986.008.0812a-e, 1986.0008.0897a-c

The secret of making porcelain was closely guarded by the Chinese. Europeans could not produce it, and imports were so prized that the king of Spain created a collection of the finest pieces. It would have been carried on the Manila galleons that traded in the Pacific before being loaded aboard the Santa Margarita.