| LC control no. | sh 87005193 |
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| LC classification | NK4399.B58 |
| Topical heading | Blue and white ware |
| See also | Porcelain |
| Found in | Work cat.: She, C. Ming tai chʻing hua tzʻu chʻi fa chan yü i shu chih yen chiu, 1986. Dict. world pottery. McGraw-Hill art: ("BLUE-AND-WHITE. Term used to refer to Chinese porcelains decorated with a blue pigment that has been applied directly to the body before glazing and firing (under glaze blue) ... In the long history of pottery and porcelain no single ware has been so widely celebrated as Chinese blue-and white ... It ... spread to Japan, Korea, the Near East, and Europe from the 16th through the 19th century.") Chinese-English Dict., 1979 ("...qinghuaci blue and white porcelain") Pottery and ceramics, c1984: p. 69 ("The use of cobalt blue in the decoration of ceramics has played an unequalled role in every great pottery tradition from Europe, the Islamic world and the Far East.") |
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