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#66118
04/18/2002 9:16 AM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Carpal Tunnel
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In trying to pin down the porcelain in my head, I found some information about the Mongols and porcelain. It seems that the colors white and blue were predominantly used. Why blue and white? I can't find what it was about those specific colors that made them so easily accessible and transferrable.
Does anyone know anything about the porcelain paints of the period--about 1271 - 1360s? What they were made of and what we would properly call them other than "white" and "blue"?
There's gotta be more to this than meets the eye.
Broken receptacle,
WordWashed
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#66119
04/18/2002 11:08 AM
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old hand
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old hand
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I'm no expert on porcelain, but I've been to Meissen before. That's the place where (as far as I know) they make some of the best and most expensive (handmade) porcelain in Europe. We bought a little vase for about $100US: with a entire dinner set costing around $6-7 thousand. Their standard design also uses the cobalt blue underglaze. It always looks pretty hazy when one compares it to modern porcelain prints (like Villeroy & Bock) Bottom of page shows an early design: http://www.bauerart.com/meissen2.htmlI found this on the tradition of cobalt blue on white: "Painting the porcelain surface may be done in several ways. One method is to use a colored glaze, such as the famous Chinese celadon. This glaze is a soft gray-green color. Another type of decoration is underglaze (designs painted on a piece before it is glazed). A deep blue made from the metal cobalt is the most dependable color used for underglazing. Cobalt blue has been widely used both in China and in Europe."http://www.artistictile.net/pages/Info/Info_Porcelain.html
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