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Low fired
reddish or greyish ware
terracotta
usually unglazed but can take low firing lead glazes (Raku) |
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High fired
Can be glazed or unglazed |
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High fired
containing kaolin
white appearance
can be translucent if thin enough
non-porous, glass-like |
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| primary clay, usually a component of porclain |
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| material added to clay for increased strength and/or to reduce shrinkage when fired |
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fired at a low temperature in a kiln;
Usually up to 1000 celsius |
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| fired at a high temp in a kiln; from 1000-4000 C |
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| material applied to clay body and then fired, various compositions, including lime and ash, but often including metallic oxides for color |
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| during firing, when particles-often silica-in clay of glaze melt and fuse, making the object glass-like |
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| whether or not liquid can permeate the object |
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kneading clay in preparation for forming;
removes air bubbles hand-forming |
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| molding (or use of molds) |
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| pressing or pouring clay into a mold to create shape or decoration throwing and shaping on potter's wheel |
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| Cord marking, incised decoration, faceting, stamping, cloth texturing, marbling, sgraffito, inlay, |
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| using a liquid or semi-liquid clay/water mixture to paint, coat, or inlay objects |
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minerals in clays and glazes react with heat and kiln environment to produce changes in color, texture, etc;
Flying ash from kiln adheres to object and ofrms glaze |
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underglaze decoration
(usually cobalt blue or iron brown): |
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| pigment painted onto the clay body (either unfired, or after bisque firing at low temp, and then coated with glaze on top |
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| painted decoration applied after the object has been glazed and fired, then fired again at lower temp to seal enamels |
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| when the kiln atmosphere is allowed to have plenty of oxygen |
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| when the kiln atmosphere is starved of oxygen, ie by closing up holes |
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| term of European origin referring to stoneware or porcelain with a green to blue glaze, usually Chinese or Korean |
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| inlaid slip decoration (sanggam) |
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Korean technique in which design is incised into clay body, then white (or sometimes red) slip is inlaid into the incised areas, before the whole thing is coated in celadon glaze;
characteristic of Goryeo Dynasty wares |
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| Korean ware of late Goryeo and early Joseon Dynasty; originally rustic utilitarian wares, but also for some elites; highly prized by Japanese tea masters, and influenced 16th/17th century Japanese tea wares |
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| ware covered in white clay slip, then designs incised through the slip to reveal the different color body beneath, before the whole thing is coated in transparent or celadon glaze; often used on Buncheong ware and S. SOng Cizhou ware |
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| one of old kilns since medieval times producing unglazed or natural ash glazed stoneware for farmers, appropriated by tea masters in the 16th century |
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hand-formed, lead-glazed, low-fired earthenwares in small kilns ware developed in the 16th century in the environment of Sen no Rikyu and the potter Chojiro;
tradition continues to today in Raky family;
rustic tea bowls in black or red glaze |
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| Major centers of Japanese pottery production in 16th century, early on producing imitations of Song Chinese wares, then begin producing tea wares in Japanese styles to meet demand from patrons |
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Late 16th/17th century style patronized by tea master Furuta Oribe;
Characteristics are clog-shaped tea bowls or misshapen ware;
pictorial designs of whimsical motifs in black and white, or white, copper green and iron red; kilns at Mino |
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| the use of gold lacquer to repair cracks in ceramic ware; the resulting aesthetic was prized by tea connoisseurs such as Oribe- he was said to even purposely broken vessels and pieced them back together with lacquer. |
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sap of a lacquer tree, refined and used to coat objects of wood; many layers required, of varying finesse; each layer must "cure" and then polished;
finished product is smooth, shiny, waterproof
Used for eating vessels, containers of various sorts, architectural decoration, and repair |
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| mineral used to make paint for underglaze blue decoration on porcelain |
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porcelain with underglaze blue cobalt painted decoration
Originally produced in China at Jingdezhen kilns and then spread to Korea and Japan and later Europe |
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| ware produced in Asia for foreign markets |
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| center of Chinese porcelain production in Yuan, Ming, Qing Dynasties |
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| general name for Japanese porcelain produced in the Arita area of Kyuchu, much made for export |
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| Japanese domestic ware produced for the Nabeshima lords of Kyushu, and reserved for Shogunal and elite warlords |
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