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Mino ware square dish with autumn grasses design, grey Nezumi-Shino type, Azuchi-Momoyama to Edo period, 16th–17th century Mino ware cornered bowl in Oribe type, Edo period, 17th century Mino ware ( 美濃焼 , Mino-yaki ) is a style of Japanese pottery , stoneware, and ceramics that is produced in Mino Province , mainly in the cities of ...
In present day China, the Sanxing and other Chinese folk deities continue to be perceived as powerful carrier of good fortune. [2] The Queen Mother of the West , Xi Wangmu, who is often figured in Chinese stories, is associated with symbols of longevity in Chinese arts as the peaches of immortality are believed to grow in her celestial peach ...
The Willow pattern is a distinctive and elaborate chinoiserie pattern used on ceramic tableware. It became popular at the end of the 18th century in England when, in its standard form, it was developed by English ceramic artists combining and adapting motifs inspired by fashionable hand-painted blue-and-white wares imported from Qing dynasty ...
Shino ware (志野焼, Shino-yaki) is Japanese pottery, usually stoneware, originally from Mino Province, in present-day Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It emerged in the 16th century, but the use of shino glaze is now widespread, both in Japan and abroad. It is identified by thick white glazes, red scorch marks, and a texture of small holes.
Oribe Black (Oribe-guro), early Edo period, c. 1620 Cornered bowl, Mino ware, Oribe type, early Edo period, 1600s. Oribe ware (also known as 織部焼 Oribe-yaki) is a style of Japanese pottery that first appeared in the sixteenth century.
Shiwan wares provide a contrast with more conservatively rendered Dehua efforts. Clay for the ware was provided not only from the local area, but also from distant locations that could be mixed to provide a variety of textures and desired ceramic outcomes. The range could extend from a porcelain, rivalling Dehua in purity, to a rough stoneware ...
Famille rose enamels were known to have been used in Europe before its usage became established in China, for example in Vienna porcelain made by the Du Paquier factory in 1725. [9] Large number of famille rose porcelains were exported from China to the West, and many European factories such as Meissen , Chelsea and Chantilly copied the famille ...
Kangxi reign marks on porcelain are few throughout the ceramic period, but a few can be identified with the pre‑1677 decades. Earlier Ming period marks can frequently be found. Their styles closely match the few Kangxi marks that are found and aid in delineating Kangxi transitional porcelain.