Ronald W. Fuchs II
One of the Earliest Pieces of Chinese Porcelain in Virginia

Ceramics in America 2019

Full Article
Contents
  • Figure 1
    Figure 1

    Plate, Jingdezhen, China, 1573–1605. Hard-paste porcelain. D. approx. 8". (Courtesy, Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation [Preservation, Virginia].)

  • Figure 2
    Figure 2

    Reverse of the plate illustrated in fig. 1.

  • Figure 3
    Figure 3

    Plate, Jingdezhen, China, 1573–1620. Hard-paste porcelain. D. 8". (© Victoria and Albert Museum, London.)

  • Figure 4
    Figure 4

    The well from which much of the plate was recovered during excavation. (Courtesy, Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation [Preservation Virginia].) 

  • Figure 5
    Figure 5

    Plate, Jingdezhen, China, 1573–1620. Hard-paste porcelain. D. 8". From Takatoshi Misugi, Chinese Porcelain Collections in the Near East: Topkapi and Ardebil, 3Vols.(Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1981), 3:255.