porcelain
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Most of the porcelain was made for the European market, underscoring a subtext of cross-fertilization, already stated by Islamic ceramics imitating Chinese blue and white.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Shards of glass and porcelain crunched under Vadym's feet as he walked through the remains of his shop.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The results are flaky rows of delicate porcelain that resemble oversize scales or ruffling coral.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Rogers Jones Auctioneers are selling Young's original working drawings for his celebrated porcelain.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
“People, especially children, ought to be taught acceptance and peace,” St. Francis protested with an angry clap of her porcelain hands.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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
Da Gama had come to India on a quest to find an all-water route to Southeast and East Asia, the source of spices, silks, porcelains, and other Asian goods.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
The latter piece, titled “The Barmecide Feast,” is well built — down to the corny Late Empire porcelains employed as backdrop on the luminous white set.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2017
“Chinamania” An installation of Kangxi porcelains and two ceramic stupas by artist Walter McConnell.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 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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