Plate with Carp, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), mid-14th century, China, Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware), Diam. 18 in. (45.7 cm), Ceramics, Close examination of the cobalt blue used to paint this dish shows areas of darker blue. Known as “heaped and piled,” this effect is a result of imperfect control of the pigment during firing. This effect disappeared in the early fifteenth century, when potters further mastered the use of this pigment
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Plate, Carp, Yuan dynasty, 1271–1368, mid-14th century, China, Porcelain painted, cobalt blue under transparent glaze, Jingdezhen ware, Diam, 18, 45.7 cm, Ceramics, Close examination, blue, paint, dish, areas, darker heaped, piled, effect, result, imperfect control, pigment, firing, effect disappeared, early fifteenth, century, potters further, mastered
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