Yuhuchunping
A Chinese ceramics term, yuhuchunping denotes a distinctive bottle or pear form porcelain vase.
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Yingqing Ware Yingqing, which may be translated as “shadowy blue”, is the modern name given to a utilitarian ceramic introduced into China by the Mongols during the Song dynasty (960 to 1279). Historically called Qingbai (bluish white) ware, it was very thin translucent porcelain made by combining kaolin clay with finely ground porcelain stone. The kaolin provided a true white color for the ware and minimized shrinkage. Although the imperial court was the major [...] Click here to continue reading. Gardner Factory Russian Porcelain Founded at Verbilki, near Moscow, by the Englishman Francis Gardner in 1766, and known for its hard paste porcelains, the Gardner factory served as important competition for the Imperial Porcelain Factory, spurring artists at both institutions to produce more complicated wares in terms of both form and decoration. One of two porcelain works in Russia during the 18th century, The factory was situated in the Gjelsk region where local clay, [...] Click here to continue reading. Musterschutz Steins Made in eastern Germany during the late 19th century, these porcelain steins – many of character form – were marked “Musterschutz” – a German term literally translated as “copyrighted” or “patent-protected”. These steins were originally made by the firm of Shierholz & Sohn in the city of Plaue. In 1989 the German firm Rastal began to reproduced these steins from original factory molds. Their work was of high quality and faithful to [...] Click here to continue reading. Schafer & Vater Porcelains The Schafer and Vater factory was established in 1890 at Rudolstadt, Thuringia and produced many decorative pieces in hard paste porcelain. Six years later the business prospering enough to purchase the List Porcelain Factory at Neuhaus. By 1910 Sears Roebuck & Company had begun to import and distribute Schafer & Vater pottery into the United States bring their porcelains to a much wider market. Beginning in this year Schafer and [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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