17th and 18th Century Chinese, Iranian, Japanese, European and English Ceramics at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. The blue and white displayed here includes Chinese porcelain, a few Japanese porcelain examples as well as fritpaste (also called stonepaste, fritware) from Iran. There is also Delftware (pottery) and hard-paste porcelain from Meissen in Germany. There are many other types of ceramics here, all draw their influence, directly or indirectly, from China. #chineseporcelain #chin

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