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Why are dishes called China?

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Why are dishes called China?
Dishes that are made of a specific kind of porcelain are called China because it was first seen, centuries ago, in imports from China
1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021
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Antique Chinese Dish with Ideograms
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/3197 - Antique Chinese dish with ideograms, from my private collection: collected about 35 years
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Other Ceramics

Materials

Celadon

18th C. Chinese Dish or Plate Porcelain Blue & White Hand Painted Hunting Scene
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very beautifully hand painted Chinese porcelain blue and white Dish or Deep Plate from
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Georgian Spode Stone China Dish in Tobacco Leaf Pattern No. 2061, Circa 1820
By Spode
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good stone China (Ironstone pottery) Small Dish or Bowl / Saucer, hand painted in the
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Chinoiserie Ceramics

Materials

Ironstone

Antique Chinese Porcelain Pattipan with Fruit Scene Dish, 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Antique 18th C Chinese Porcelain Pattipan with a fruit scene CHina Dish. Additional information
Category

Antique 18th Century Chinese Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche

Materials

Porcelain

17th Century Large Antique Chinese Shipwreck Blue and White Bird Dish
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large Chinese dish of rounded shape with a raised rim hand-painted in underglaze blue with birds
Category

Antique 17th Century Chinese Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Export Porcelain Dish with Dutch Decoration of a Voc Ship
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Chinese export porcelain dish with Dutch decoration of a VOC ship Circa 1700-1710, the Dutch
Category

Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

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