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How was Yingqing ware decorated beneath its translucent bluish glaze?
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Painted Pottery funerary urn, Neolithic Banshan phase, c. 3000 bce, from Yangshao, Henan province, China; in the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm. Height 13.2 inches (33.5 cm).
Yingqing ware, also known as "shadowy blue" ware, is a type of refined, translucent Chinese pottery primarily produced during the Song dynasty.
To decorate the ware beneath its characteristic pale blue-tinged glaze, potters typically used fine carving or incising techniques to create floral and animal motifs on the porcelain body. In addition to these incised designs, some later pieces, particularly those from the Yuan dynasty, were decorated using lightly molded relief.1