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2. Chinese ceramics - Wikipedia

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   Chinese ceramics show a continuous development since pre-dynastic times and the first pottery was made during the Palaeolithic era. Porcelain was a Chinese invention and is so identified with China that it is still called "china" in everyday English usage. Pair of famille rose vases with landscapes of the four seasons, 1760–1795

3. Dehua porcelain - Wikipedia

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   Dehua porcelain ink brush holder, with design of carved cranes and lotuses worked into the paste. Late 17th–18th century (Qing dynasty), 9.7 cm (3.8 in) tallDehua porcelain (Chinese: 德化陶瓷; pinyin: Déhuà Táocí; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tek-hòe hûi), more traditionally known in the West as Blanc de Chine (French for "White from China"), is a type of white Chinese porcelain, made at Dehua ...

4. Longquan celadon - Wikipedia

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   Longquan celadon (龙泉青瓷, lung-tsh'wahn) is a type of green-glazed Chinese ceramic, known in the West as celadon or greenware, produced from about 950 to 1550. The kilns were mostly in Lishui prefecture in southwestern Zhejiang Province in the south of China, and the north of Fujian Province. Overall a total of some 500 kilns have been ...

5. Sang de boeuf glaze - Wikipedia

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   Sang de boeuf glaze. Sang de boeuf glaze, or sang-de-boeuf, is a deep red colour of ceramic glaze, first appearing in Chinese porcelain at the start of the 18th century. The name is French, meaning " ox blood" (or cow blood), and the glaze and the colour sang de boeuf are also called ox-blood or oxblood in English, in this and other contexts.

6. Chinese art - Wikipedia

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   e. Chinese art is visual art that originated in or is practiced in China, Greater China or by Chinese artists. Art created by Chinese residing outside of China can also be considered a part of Chinese art when it is based on or draws on Chinese culture, heritage, and history. Early " Stone Age art" dates back to 10,000 BC, mostly consisting of ...

7. David Vases - Wikipedia

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   Medium. Porcelain. Dimensions. 63.5 cm × 20.5 cm (25.0 in × 8.1 in) Location. British Museum, London. The David Vases are a pair of blue-and-white temple vases from the Yuan dynasty. The vases have been described as the "best-known porcelain vases in the world" [1] and among the most important blue-and-white Chinese porcelains. [2]