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2. Pithos - Wikipedia

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   Pithos (/ ˈ p ɪ θ ɒ s /, [1] Ancient Greek: πίθος, plural: pithoi πίθοι) is the Greek name [2] [3] of a large storage container. The term in English is applied to such containers used among the civilizations that bordered the Mediterranean Sea in the Neolithic, the Bronze Age and the succeeding Iron Age.

3. Conservation and restoration of ancient Greek pottery

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   Attic black-figure volute-krater, known as the Francois Vase, c. 570–565 BCE. The Francois Vase, in the collection of the National Archaeological Museum in Florence, Italy, is a large Attic volute krater, which is both a superb example of black-figure pottery from c. 570–560 BCE, as well as an example of extensive conservation work. The ...

4. White-ground technique - Wikipedia

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   In white-ground pottery, the vase is covered with a light or white slip of kaolinite. A similar slip had been used as carrier for vase paintings in the Geometric and Archaic periods. White-ground vases were produced, for example, in Ionia , Laconia and on the Cycladic islands , but only in Athens did it develop into a veritable separate style ...

5. Conservation and restoration of ceramic objects - Wikipedia

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   Conservation and restoration of ceramic objects is a process dedicated to the preservation and protection of objects of historical and personal value made from ceramic. Typically, this activity of conservation-restoration is undertaken by a conservator-restorer , especially when dealing with an object of cultural heritage .

6. Jun ware - Wikipedia

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   The glaze contains large numbers of tiny bubbles, from gases produced in the glaze during firing. These, though invisible to the naked eye, contribute to the visual effect of the pieces. [ 45 ] In many pieces they leave the glaze rather rough to the touch, [ 46 ] though the finest pieces avoid this, perhaps by grinding the materials very finely ...

7. Kintsugi - Wikipedia

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   Lacquerware is a longstanding tradition in Japan [6] [7] and, at some point, kintsugi may have been combined with maki-e as a replacement for other ceramic repair techniques. . While the process is associated with Japanese craftsmen, the technique was also applied to ceramic pieces of other origins including China, Vietnam, and Kor