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Page 115
... covered with a slip of contrasting colour , the decoration then being scratched through to the body beneath and the whole covered with a lead glaze , which has a yellowish tone . Often the incised designs were first embellished with ...
... covered with a slip of contrasting colour , the decoration then being scratched through to the body beneath and the whole covered with a lead glaze , which has a yellowish tone . Often the incised designs were first embellished with ...
Page 128
... covered with a dense greenish - blue glaze that sometimes has a fine crackle . It was made in Honan at an Imperial factory that apparently had a life of about 20 years , starting in 1107 . Kuan ( " official " ) is another Imperial ware ...
... covered with a dense greenish - blue glaze that sometimes has a fine crackle . It was made in Honan at an Imperial factory that apparently had a life of about 20 years , starting in 1107 . Kuan ( " official " ) is another Imperial ware ...
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... covered with a translucent celadon glaze , usually grayish green in colour . The glaze is commonly crackled ; this appears to be fortuitous , since little trouble was taken to achieve a precise finish . A particularly common decoration ...
... covered with a translucent celadon glaze , usually grayish green in colour . The glaze is commonly crackled ; this appears to be fortuitous , since little trouble was taken to achieve a precise finish . A particularly common decoration ...
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