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Underglaze is a method of decorating pottery in which painted decoration is applied to the surface before it is covered with a transparent ceramic glaze and fired in a kiln. Because the glaze subsequently covers it, such decoration is completely durable, and it also allows the production of pottery with a surface that has a uniform sheen.
In traditional Nabeshima ware, the underglaze and final firing processes were carried out in Ōkawachi, while the overglaze process was carried out in Akaemachi. However, the 10th Imaemon built a climbing kiln himself and established an integrated production system in his own workshop, from shaping, underglaze and final firing to overglaze.
The very wide range of types of European tin-glazed earthenware or "faience" all began using in-glaze or underglaze painting, with overglaze enamels only developing in the 18th century. In French faience, the in-glaze technique is known as grand feu ("big fire") and the one using enamels as petit feu ("little fire"). [ 4 ]
Blue Ridge china. Blue Ridge is a brand and range of American tableware manufactured by Southern Potteries Incorporated from the 1930s until 1957.Well known in their day for their underglaze decoration and colorful patterns, Blue Ridge pieces are now popular items with collectors of antique dishware.
Most pieces use only one of underglaze or overglaze painting. [15] Underglaze painting requires considerably more skill than overglaze, since defects in the painting will often become visible only after the firing. [14] During firing even refractory paints change color in the great heat. A light violet may turn into a dark blue, and a pale pink ...
Small cup with the "Five Treasures", Chenghua reign mark, 2.9 × 7 cm, PDF.767. Doucai (Chinese: 斗彩; Wade–Giles: tou-ts'ai) is a technique in painting Chinese porcelain, where parts of the design, and some outlines of the rest, are painted in underglaze blue, and the piece is then glazed and fired.
By the mid-1750s the Worcester factory was producing both underglaze prints in blue and overglaze prints, predominately in black. [14] Some printed pieces were in complicated shapes and included gilding , showing that the technique was at this point regarded as suitable for luxury products.
Arita porcelain dish with underglaze blue, with design of river, weirs, and maple leaves, c. 1650–1670s Arita Sarayama dish with overglaze polychrome enamel design of plum and fence, 1700–1730s Arita ware ( Japanese : 有田焼 , Hepburn : Arita-yaki ) is a broad term for Japanese porcelain made in the area around the town of Arita , in the ...