chicken cup

Chinese art

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In Chinese pottery: The Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
These “chicken cups” were already being copied later in the 16th century and again, very expertly, in the 18th. Overglaze painting soon became popular; it was applied in the 16th century in stronger colours brilliantly contrasted against a dead-white background. These vigorous wucai (“five-colour”) wares, which…
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