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porcelain
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How is porcelain made?
Overview of Meissen porcelain.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Nancy Dressel/Dreamstime.com
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Meissen porcelain
Meissen porcelain candelabras and clock, 19th century.
Dimitri/Ivory and Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
Qing vases
Pair of vases, porcelain with cobalt underglaze decoration, China, Qing dynasty,...
Photograph by Katie Chao. Brooklyn Museum, New York, gift of the executors of the estate of Colonel Michael Friedsam, 32.1032.1 and 32.1032.2
Ming dynasty: globular jar
Globular jar, porcelain, underglaze cobalt blue decoration, overglaze polychrome...
Photograph by Katie Chao. Brooklyn Museum, New York, William E. Hutchins Collection, 52.49.14
Medici soft-paste porcelain bottle, Florence,
c.
1580; in the Victoria and...
Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Chantilly porcelain
Chantilly porcelain plate decorated with dragons,
c.
1725; in the Victoria...
Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Porcelain bottle decorated with a
sang de boeuf
, or flambé glaze, 18th century,...
Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; photograph, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Figure 133: Grey Bands, porcelain service designed by Wilhelm Kage for the Gustavsberg...
Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London;photograph, A.C. Cooper Ltd.
Imari ware plate
Imari, or Arita, ware plate in Wanli style, porcelain with cobalt blue underglaze...
Photograph by Trish Mayo. Brooklyn Museum, New York, gift of Dr. Bertram H. Schaffner, 1993.106.10
Kakiemon dish
Kakiemon dish, porcelain with cobalt blue underglaze and overglaze enamel decoration,...
Photograph by Katie Chao. Brooklyn Museum, New York, Designated Purchase Fund, 75.127.1
linglong
ware
Linglong
porcelain perfume bowl and cover, Wanli period (1572–1620), Ming...
Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Mikawachi porcelain
Mikawachi porcelain (Hirado ware), porcelain with cobalt blue underglaze, Japan,...
Photograph by KaDeWeGirl. Brooklyn Museum, New York, gift of John Lyden, 83.169.18
Qing dynasty: porcelain
One of the Baxian, or Eight Immortals, porcelain from China, Qing dynasty,
c.
...
Photograph byJenny O'Donnell. Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio, Taft collection, April 30, 1915 (1931.42)
porcelain jar
Large jar, porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue decoration, Jingdezhen, Jianxi province,...
Photograph by Katie Chao. Brooklyn Museum, New York, William E. Hutchins Collection, 52.49.2
Ping vase
Octagonal Ping vase, blue-and-white porcelain, from Baoding, Yuan (Mongol) dynasty,...
Giraudon/Art Resource, New York
Zürich porcelain centrepiece decorated with basketwork, shells, and dolphins,
c.
...
Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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