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.

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.
Photo by Jim Steinhart © 2024, all rights reserved. (Ref: NLWDP251)

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