Vase with Elephant Heads and Cloud Designs, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95), China, Soft-paste porcelain with incised and applied decoration (Jingdezhen ware), H. 10 in. (25.4 cm); Diam. 6 in. (15.2 cm), Ceramics, In the eighteenth century, the kilns at Jingdezhen began to make porcelains of a different material. Known as huashi, or 'slippery stone,' this expensive material, often called soft paste, was used to make thin vessels that frequently were decorated with incised or raised designs under glaze
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Vase, Elephant Heads, Cloud Designs, Qing dynasty, 1644–1911, Qianlong period, 1736–95, China, Soft-paste porcelain, incised, applied decoration, Jingdezhen ware, H, 10, 25.4 cm, Diam, 6, 15.2, Ceramics, eighteenth century, kilns, Jingdezhen, porcelains, different material, huashi, slippery stone, expensive soft paste, thin vessels, frequently, decorated, raised designs under, glaze
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