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Bangladesh naval Ensign (with combined national flag and white background) Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland Gambela Region, Ethiopia Ghana (1964–1966) Goshen (1883–1885, unrecognized) Iraq Iraq (1924–1959) Jordan Kenya Kuwait Libya Malawi (2010–2012) Ngobe-Bugle, Panama Ożarów Mazowiecki, Poland Palestine
A blue Saint Andrew's Saltire superimposed over a red Saint George's Cross on a white background. 17th-century: Scottish Covenanter flag: 1698-1700: Flag of the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies. Red background with three small stripes at the bottom, from top to bottom, blue, white, and blue, representing a sea.
Blue and white ware did not accord with Chinese taste at that time, the early Ming work Gegu Yaolun (格古要論) in fact described blue as well as multi-coloured wares as "exceedingly vulgar". [16] Blue and white porcelain however came back to prominence in the 15th century with the Xuande Emperor, and again developed from that time on. [14]
Border Gong (工; work) and bats Decorative Floral and twines Grass pattern Tang caowen [4] Twined branches Chanzhiwen [4] Curves Pommel pattern Guri (屈輪) / Pommel scroll [21] Geometric Diagonal Diagonal straight lines Lishui: Diagonal wavy lines Semicricles Horizontal semi-circles Woshui Curvilinear Swirl [4] Wavy Wavy Boqu [4] Others
On one hand, the name "meander" recalls the twisting and turning path of the Maeander River in Asia Minor (present day Turkey) that is typical of river pathways.On another hand, as Karl Kerenyi pointed out, "the meander is the figure of a labyrinth in linear form".
A Blue Ensign with the word "Palestine" on a white disc. 1936–1939 Flag used during the 1936–1939 Arab revolt: 1945–1948: Flag of Palestine placeholder used by the Arab League: A White Field with the name of the nation in Arabic written in red in the center. 1948–1959: All-Palestine Protectorate: Flag of the Arab Revolt. 1948–1958
Chinese character Qi (气), Spring and Autumn period The clouds physical characteristics (being wispy and vaporous in nature) were associated with the Taoist concept of qi (气; 氣), especially yuanqi, [3]: 133 and the cosmological forces at work; [1] [note 4] i.e. the yuanqi was the origins of the Heavens and Earth, and all things were created from the interaction between the yin and yang.
The fired body is naturally white but usually stained with metallic oxide colors; its most common shade is pale blue, but dark blue, lilac, sage green (described as "sea-green" by Wedgwood), [9] black, and yellow are also used, with sage green due to chromium oxide, blue to cobalt oxide, and lilac to manganese oxide, with yellow probably coming ...