porcelain
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Furniture, vessels, porcelain, silver and a sampling of household goods populate a display that’s nonhierarchical.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
The Asian gallery is equally impressive, with the largest porcelain pieces displayed in a Z-shaped vitrine—an original museum signature—and Japanese prints.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Portugal's Vista Alegre, the oldest and largest porcelain maker in the Iberian country, decided to install energy storage systems in 2022, seizing the opportunity of abundant funds from the EU's Recovery and Resilience Plan.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
A woman approached the stall where Vadym and his wife, who sells porcelain, had laid out what they had left, and asked the price of an elegant lamp with a cream-coloured shade.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Cecilia gripped the cool porcelain in both hands as she stood on one foot, and with the other hooked the French windows open wide.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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
By the late fifteenth century, Ottoman ships were trading with India, and goods such as Chinese silks and porcelains furnished the homes of the wealthy in Istanbul.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 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
The result, now at Craig F. Starr Gallery, has the potential to be daintily charming, like a display of dollhouse porcelains.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 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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