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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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Chronological Summary of Chinese Dynasties

April 21, 2010 Chinese Antiques

The earlier dates given in the following Chronological Summary of Chinese Dynasties have been calculated backward by later historians from the lengths of the reigns and other data recorded in the current annals, and must consequently be taken as only approximate.

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