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2. Kintsugi - Wikipedia

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   Lacquerware is a longstanding tradition in Japan [6] [7] and, at some point, kintsugi may have been combined with maki-e as a replacement for other ceramic repair techniques. . While the process is associated with Japanese craftsmen, the technique was also applied to ceramic pieces of other origins including China, Vietnam, and Kor

3. Golden Urn - Wikipedia

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   The Golden Urn originated in a 1792 decree by the Qianlong Emperor, after the Qing victory in the Second Invasion of the Sino-Nepalese War.Article One of the decree, the 29-Article Ordinance for the More Effective Governing of Tibet, was designed to be used in selecting rinpoches, lamas, and other high offices in Tibetan Buddhism, including the Dalai Lamas, Panchen Lamas, and Mongolian lamas.

4. Ancient Greek funerary vases - Wikipedia

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   Every-day vases were often not painted, but wealthy Greeks could afford luxuriously painted ones. Funerary vases on male graves might have themes of military prowess, or athletics. However, allusions to death in Greek tragedies was a popular motif. Famous centers of vase styles include Corinth, Lakonia, Ionia, South Italy, and Athens. [1]

5. Pottery of ancient Greece - Wikipedia

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   Pottery, due to its relative durability, comprises a large part of the archaeological record of ancient Greece, and since there is so much of it (over 100,000 painted vases are recorded in the Corpus vasorum antiquorum), [1] it has exerted a disproportionately large influence on our understanding of Greek society. The shards of pots discarded ...

6. Chinese ceramics - Wikipedia

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   Ge-type vase, with "gold thread and iron wire" double crackle Main article: Ge ware Ge (Wade–Giles: ko ), literally "big-brother" ware, due to a legend of two brothers working in Longquan, one made the typical celadon style ceramics, the elder made ge ware, produced in his private kiln.

7. Chinese ritual bronzes - Wikipedia

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   Móu (鍪): A vase with two handles. Vessels of this type are classed as hú (壺) in the Xiqing gujian. Píng (瓶): Tall vase with a long slender neck opening up to a narrow mouth. Pǒu (瓿, pronounced bù in China): A small bronze wèng (甕). Wèng (瓮 or 甕): Round mouthed, round bellied jar with no foot for holding water or wine. Now ...