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porcelain

[pawr-suh-lin, pohr-, pawrs-lin, pohrs-] / ˈpɔr sə lɪn, ˈpoʊr-, ˈpɔrs lɪn, ˈpoʊrs- /
NOUN
earthenware
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NOUN
ceramic
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"The first day... unfolded as a carefully choreographed state banquet, served on fine porcelain, while traders quietly inspected the cracks beneath the table. The optics were unquestionably constructive," said Stephen Innes at SPI Asset Management.

From Barron's May 15, 2026

Dolce & Gabbana has been targeting new markets including hospitality and furniture, where its latest collection offers items such as a leopard-print porcelain vase costing £1,084.

From BBC Apr. 10, 2026

Brent Poer and Beau Quillian’s historic home is an exuberant collage of Hermès plates, Black Forest antlers, Staffordshire porcelain figurines, majolica plates and art that has been lovingly curated.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 8, 2026

Not the silken, restaurant version piped into porcelain.

From Salon Mar. 1, 2026

Up close she still looks remarkably like Catherine—delicate features, pale as porcelain, with a smattering of freckles across the bridge of her nose.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

In a clever piece of installation design, shelves built around the screen bring the painting’s illusions to life, displaying real bronzes, porcelains, texts and scholarly objects from Lee’s collection—modern curation fulfilling classical cultural capital.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 6, 2026

Lauren is a ceramic artist whose porcelains sport signature grotesqueries, usually of a squirmy sort, such as a teapot with “a revolting brown worm crawling along the spout,” and “a slug depicted on the underside.”

From Washington Post Feb. 9, 2023

As you make your way through the shop, you’ll see works on paper including Tibetan thangkas and tall showcases of Qing dynasty-era porcelains and lacquerware.

From Los Angeles Times May 10, 2022

Many of the items have impressive provenance, including porcelains from the collection of the trustee Samuel Putnam Avery, part of the Met’s first acquisition of Asian art in 1879.

From New York Times May 5, 2016

More or less independent later experiments in France and England led to Sevres, Wedgwood, and Spode porcelains.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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