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| Type Name: | PORCELAIN, CH ING POLYCHROME OVERGLAZE |
| Type Index: | PORCELAIN |
| Production Origin: | CHINA |
| Date Range: | 1700-1750 |
| Defining Attributes: |
White, thin, highly vitreous paste that is smooth and translucent. Background feldspathic glaze is well bonded to the paste, white or bluish-white in color, lustrous, and with little evidence of imperfection. Decoration is overglaze enamel in red and gold, using the same motifs and techniques and floral motifs used in “Chinese Imari” porcelain overglaze decoration. There is no blue underglaze design. |
| Vessel Forms: |
BOWL CUP PLATE SAUCER |
| Comments: | This is essentially Chinese Imari without the underglaze blue paint. On archaeological examples the overglaze elements are often worn away, and are represented on the sherds only by iridescent "tracks" on the sherd surface. |
| Published Definitions: | Carswell 1985, Deagan 1987, Kuwayama 1997 |