eggshell porcelain

British

noun

a type of very thin translucent porcelain originally made in China

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Hammarskjold and Chou, flanked by their advisers, sat on a damask sofa, interspersing their legal arguments with sips of jasmine-scented tea, served in eggshell porcelain cups.

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