Pair of two dishes; Company of the Indies, 18th century. Ceramics. They have wear on the edges.

Pair of plates of the Company of the Indies, 18th century.
Ceramic.
They show wear on the rims.
Measurements: 4 x 21 cm (x2).
Pair composed by two ceramic plates both based on an ornamentation based on the contrast between the blue and the white, and with scenes of landscapes in the centre. However, the two pieces differ in design, as while one has a circular finish, the other has a polygonal eave in the form of an octagon. The East India Company was a generic term for companies that managed trade between a European metropolis and its colonies. Chinese manufacturers soon realised that Europeans were not experts in porcelain, and produced a vulgar, even flawed porcelain for export, but which in the eyes of Westerners turned out to be true works of art. Once the trade was regularly organised, the India Companies supplied Chinese artists with European models, both for forms and decoration. Throughout the 18th century the blue-and-white series persisted, but of inferior quality, which was then called Nanjing porcelain.