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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. Longquan celadon - Wikipedia

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    The "mallet" vase was a special favourite at Longquan, often with handles formed as animals or dragons. [20] Funerary vases, made in pairs, also often feature charmingly stylized animals, usually tigers and dragons, curled around the shoulders of the vessel. These were used in southern Chinese burial custom to store provisions for the afterlife ...

  4. Blue and white pottery - Wikipedia

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    Chinese exports almost ceased and other sources were needed to fulfill the continuing Eurasian demand for blue and white. In Japan, Chinese potter refugees were able to introduce refined porcelain techniques and enamel glazes to the Arita kilns. From 1658, the Dutch East India Company looked to Japan for blue-and-white porcelain to sell in Europe.

  5. Ding (vessel) - Wikipedia

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    Shang dynasty, 1300–1046 BC. Like other ritual bronze shapes, the ding was originally an ordinary ceramic cooking, serving and storage vessel, dating back to the Chinese Neolithic, and ceramic dings continued to be used during and after the period when ceremonial bronze versions were made.

  6. Chinese ritual bronzes - Wikipedia

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    Móu (鍪): A vase with two handles. Vessels of this type are classed as hú (壺) in the Xiqing gujian. Píng (瓶): Tall vase with a long slender neck opening up to a narrow mouth. Pǒu (瓿, pronounced bù in China): A small bronze wèng (甕). Wèng (瓮 or 甕): Round mouthed, round bellied jar with no foot for holding water or wine. Now ...

  7. Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art - Wikipedia

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    The David Vases, said to be two of the best-known Chinese porcelains in the world. The Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art (abbreviated as the PDF) held a collection of Chinese ceramics and related items assembled by Percival David that are on permanent display in a dedicated gallery in Room 95 at the British Museum.

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