Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.33254/piaz.41.1.4
Between China, the Islamic world, and Europe: coffee cups from Osijek
Marin Matković
; Zadar, Croatia
Abstract
The paper discusses material belonging to two different moments from the history of Osijek. Older finds of Chinese porcelain and Islamic stonepaste from several sites in Tvrđa are from the 17th and 18th centuries, when coffee and tea cups from various eastern workshops were introduced. On the other hand, later finds of European porcelain and creamware from the Downtown are mostly from the early 19th century, when porcelain production and the consumption of coffee and tea were widespread all over Europe. The cups and saucers are in the blue-and-white style, which means that underglaze blue decoration is painted on their white body. This style has deeper roots, but it gained popularity due to the spread of southern Chinese porcelain from Jingdezhen, which had a significant impact on production all over the world.
Keywords
Osijek; coffee cups; porcelain; stonepaste; creamware
Hrčak ID:
320696
URI
Publication date:
16.9.2024.
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