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Pottery, Porcelain and China

Chinese Pottery and Stoneware Early Tz’u-chou Part II

April 23, 2010 Chinese
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Continued from Chinese Pottery and Stoneware Early Tz’u-chou Part I. Foliated shape with lobed sides; dense light buff Tz’u-chou ware with pale ivory-white glaze and brownish-black decoration. The lanceolated upper panel sustaining a flying duck bearing a stem of …

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Introduction to Chinese Porcelain Part II

April 22, 2010 Chinese

Continued from: Introduction to Chinese Porcelain

According to Pere d’Entrecolles, porcelain was made of kaolin and pe-tun-tse, the former being decomposed felspar of granite, which took its name, “lofty ridge,” from the hill where it was found;

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Introduction to Chinese Porcelain

April 22, 2010 Chinese

We trust that you will be able find the studies to follow as fascinating as we did, reading from a manuscript regarding antiques, which in and of itself is now an antique, to draw from this Introduction to Chinese Porcelain salient historical information and facts pertaining to porcelain and porcelain manufacture in ancient China.

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Chinese Pottery and Stoneware Early Tz’u-chou Part I

April 21, 2010 Chinese

Group of early Tz’u-chou pottery and stoneware, among which are to be noted varied types of these interesting products with …

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Delft Potters and Their Marks 1649 to 1662

September 1, 2009 Delft

Jacob Wemmers Hoppestein (1661) At the sign of The Old Moor’s Head. He seems to have carried out at this factory the excellent work begun by his predecessor Abraham de Kooge, and the produce of this factory had a high reputation. It consisted generally of blue decorative centers representing episodes from Roman history, surrounded by coloured borders.

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Delft Potters and Their Marks 1584 to 1648

August 12, 2009 Delft

Various Potters Marks of Dutch Delft potters from 1584 to 1648.

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