Het Princess Hof Museum Asian Ceramics Photos

Het Princess Hof Museum in Leeuwarden hosts an array of Asian earthenware and porcelain.

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Stoneware example of tin-glaze technique which made it possible to completely cover colored earthenware with a white layer after which it could be decorated at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Ancient Chinese ceramic object with notable refinement in shape & decoration at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Earthenware Chinese jar with a decoration of scrolling geometric motifs at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Chinese incense burner which employed the technique of glazing at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Stoneware example (1660-80 Persia) of tin-glaze technique which made it possible to completely cover colored earthenware with a white layer after which it could be decorated at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Ancient (4500-2000 BCE) Chinese ceramic object with notable refinement in shape & decoration at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Earthenware Chinese jar (c2600-2300BCE) with a decoration of scrolling geometric motifs at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Chinese incense burner (25BCE - 220CE) which employed the technique of glazing at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Celedon Chinese funerary jar with cover at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Imperial Blue Chinese Ming porcelain (1368-1644} at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Chinese Ming porcelain (1573-1619} with multiple colors, a major steop forward known as "wucai" or five colors, at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Chinese Ming stoneware & celedon temple bell donated by newly married couple with the dragons on the cover symbolising the couple at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Celedon Chinese funerary jar with cover (Tang, Song or Yuan Dynasties) at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Imperial Blue Chinese Ming porcelain (1368-1644} at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Chinese Ming porcelain (1573-1619} with multiple colors, a major steop forward known as "wucai" or five colors, at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Chinese Ming stoneware & celedon temple bell (1573) donated by newly married couple with the dragons on the cover symbolising the couple at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Chinese highly decorated porcelain hat stand belonging to Emperor Qianlong at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Qing Chinese porcelain figure in the form of Guanyin, the Buddhist goddess of compassion, mercy & love at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Ming Chinese porcelain pair of Mandarin ducks popular as wedding gifts at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Ming Chinese early blue & white porcelain vase with three-toed dragon at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Chinese highly decorated porcelain hat stand (18thC) belonging to Emperor Qianlong at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Qing Chinese porcelain figure (18thC) in the form of Guanyin, the Buddhist goddess of compassion, mercy & love at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Ming Chinese porcelain pair of Mandarin ducks (1450-1500) popular as wedding gifts at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Ming Chinese early blue & white porcelain vase (1403-24) with three-toed dragon at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Chinese Qung Dynasty large multi-color porcelain vase at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Chinese Qing porcelain yellow plate with magpies & prunus representing luck or happiness at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Display of Chinese ceramic bottles of differing materials at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Chinese Qing multi-color porcelain brush pot with decoration of scholar & the dwarf Kui Xing at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Chinese Qung Dynasty large multi-color porcelain vase at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Chinese Qing porcelain yellow plate (1862-1874) with magpies & prunus (tree or fruit that produced a fruit with a stone) representing luck or happiness at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Display of Chinese ceramic bottles of differing materials (17th C) at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Chinese Qing multi-color porcelain brush pot (c1700-1720) with decoration of scholar & the dwarf Kui Xing at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Chinese Qing porcelain water dropper in shape of pink rose, a color developed during Qing dynasty, at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Chinese style wall covering at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Display of Chinese celedon ceramics noted for their unique greenish glaze ressenbling jade at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Chinese Ru celadon brush washer which is characterized by tiny fissures in the crackled glaze, is extremely rare at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Chinese Qing porcelain water dropper (1908) in shape of pink rose, a color developed during Qing dynasty, at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Chinese style wall covering at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Display of Chinese celedon ceramics noted for their unique greenish glaze ressenbling jade at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Chinese Ru celadon (c1086-1106) brush washer which is characterized by tiny fissures in the crackled glaze, is extremely rare at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Vietnamese stoneware jug shaped as phoenix at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Collection of porcelain imported from the Orient at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Japanese Arito Edo coffee pot Imari style decorated with flowers & plants for western market at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Plates imitating popular Japanese Imari style decoration made in Delft by De Grieksche A & De Porceleyne Fles factories respectively at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Vietnamese stoneware jug shaped as phoenix (16thC) at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Collection of porcelain imported from the Orient at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Japanese Arito Edo coffee pot (1700-30) Imari style decorated with flowers & plants for western market at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Plates imitating popular Japanese Imari style decoration made in Delft (1701-22) by De Grieksche A & De Porceleyne Fles factories respectively at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Display of Silk Road trade ceramics goods at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Chinese Tang earthenware jug with phoenix head & phoenixes in relief, a Silk Road trading good, at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Iran, Gurgan quartz fritware jug with bird's head , a Silk Road trading good, at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Chinese Liao earthenware dish with scalloped rim , a Silk Road trading good at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Display of Silk Road trade ceramics (600-1200) goods at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Chinese Tang earthenware jug (618-907) with phoenix head & phoenixes in relief, a Silk Road trading good, at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Iran, Gurgan quartz fritware jug with bird's head (13thC), a Silk Road trading good, at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Chinese Liao earthenware dish with scalloped rim (916-1125), a Silk Road trading good at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Pre-Islamic Iranian beaked earthenware ewer at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Kraak blue & white Chinese porcelain arrived in Holland via a Dutch captured Portuguese ship & became very popular among the Dutch population; Dutch potters immitated these Chinese ceramics using white tin glaze on earthenware & applying Oriental looking decorations in blue at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Chinese porcelain plate decorated with a seated man at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Chinese porcelain plate with "The Arbour" decoration after a design by Cornelis Pronk at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Pre-Islamic Iranian beaked earthenware ewer (1000 BCE) at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Kraak blue & white Chinese porcelain arrived in Holland via a Dutch captured Portuguese ship (1602) & became very popular among the Dutch population; Dutch potters immitated these Chinese ceramics using white tin glaze on earthenware & applying Oriental looking decorations in blue at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Chinese porcelain plate decorated with a seated man (1595-1610) at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Chinese porcelain plate with "The Arbour" decoration (c1738) after a design by Cornelis Pronk at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Chinese porcelain coffee pot with Chinese style decorations to appeal to the Western market at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Delft earthenware plate decorated with coat of arms & Chinese porcelain plate with coat of arms of Joannes Camphuijs at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Chinese porcelain dish with center decoration of muscians and medallions with various scenes on the edge at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Rare Chinese porcelain figure, probably made to order, known as Mrs Duff based on European figure of a Jewish woman at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Chinese porcelain coffee pot (1740-50) with Chinese style decorations to appeal to the Western market at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Delft earthenware plate decorated with coat of arms (1656) & Chinese porcelain plate with coat of arms of Joannes Camphuijs (1690-95) at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Chinese porcelain dish with center decoration of muscians and medallions with various scenes on the edge (c1700) at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Rare Chinese porcelain figure, probably made to order, known as Mrs Duff (Qing, 1736-45) based on European figure of a Jewish woman at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Chinese Yixing stoneware teapot shaped as phoenix & Chinese stoneware teapot with bamboo openworked decoration at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Array of Martabans made in Asia, highly valued & often saved over generations at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Array of celadon pottery which is glazed in a jade green color & also refers to a transparent glaze frequently with small cracks at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Chinese Yixing stoneware teapot shaped as phoenix (1675-1725) & Chinese stoneware teapot with bamboo openworked decoration (1700-1725) at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Array of Martabans (storage jars) (c600-1900) made in Asia, highly valued & often saved over generations at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.Array of celadon pottery which is glazed in a jade green color & also refers to a transparent glaze frequently with small cracks at Het Princesse Hof Museum. Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
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