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2. Mycenaean pottery - Wikipedia

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   Mycenaean palace states. Mycenaean pottery is the pottery tradition associated with the Mycenaean period in Ancient Greece.It encompassed a variety of styles and forms including the stirrup jar.

3. Earthenware - Wikipedia

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   Terracotta flower pots with terracotta tiles in the background Due to its porosity, fired earthenware, with a water absorption of 5-8%, must be glazed to be watertight. [ 11 ] Earthenware has lower mechanical strength than bone china, porcelain or stoneware, and consequently articles are commonly made in thicker cross-section, although they are ...

4. Vase - Wikipedia

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   There is a long history of the form and function of the vase in nearly all developed cultures, and often ceramic objects are the only artistic evidence left from vanished cultures. In the beginning stages of pottery, the coiling method of building was the most utilized technique to make pottery. The coiling method is the act of working the clay ...

5. Ceramics of Indigenous peoples of the Americas - Wikipedia

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   Glazes are seldom used by indigenous American ceramic artists. Grease can be rubbed onto the pot as well. [2] Prior to contact, pottery was usually open-air fired or pit fired; precontact Indigenous peoples of Mexico used kilns extensively. Today many Native American ceramic artists use kilns. In pit-firing, the pot is placed in a shallow pit ...

6. Ancient Egyptian pottery - Wikipedia

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   It is characterised by the use of blue pigments, along with black, red and occasionally yellow. The main motif is floral decorations: lotus flowers and buds, and individual petals of various flowers, painted as if they were on a thread draped around the neck and shoulders of the vase. Depictions of young animals and symbols of Hathor and Bes ...

7. Royal Doulton - Wikipedia

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   Royal Doulton is an English ceramic and home accessories manufacturer that was founded in 1815. Operating originally in Vauxhall , London, and later moving to Lambeth , in 1882 it opened a factory in Burslem , Stoke-on-Trent , in the centre of English pottery.