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Meissen porcelain candelabras and clock, 19th century
How is porcelain made?
Qing vases Ming dynasty: globular jar Medici soft-paste porcelain bottle, Florence, c. 1580; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London Chantilly porcelain Porcelain bottle decorated with a sang de boeuf, or flambé glaze, 18th century, Qing dynasty; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Figure 133: Grey Bands, porcelain service designed by Wilhelm Kage for the Gustavsberg factory. Imari ware plate Kakiemon dish
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Meissen porcelain candelabras and clock, 19th century
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porcelain, vitrified pottery with a white, fine-grained body that is usually translucent, as distinguished from earthenware, which is porous, opaque, and coarser. The distinction between porcelain and stoneware, the other class of vitrified pottery material, is less clear. In China, porcelain is defined as pottery that is resonant when struck. In the West, it is a material that is translucent when held to the light. Neither definition is totally satisfactory: some heavily potted porcelains are...

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