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YAO [4 records]

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Record 1 1996-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

The Bantu language spoken by the Yao, a people living in Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue bantoue parlée par les Yao, peuple habitant le Malawi, le Mozambique et la Tanzanie.

Spanish

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Record 2 1996-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

A language spoken by the Yao, a people living in southwestern China, northern Thailand, Laos and Tonkin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue parlée par les Yao, population sino-tibétaine dispersée en Chine du Sud, en Birmanie, en Thaïlande, au Viêt-nam et dans le nord du Laos.

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clay and Clay Products (Ceramics)
DEF

A Chinese glaze of the Sung dynasty(960-1280) used on Chien Yao made in Honan province. It is black, or near black, streaked with brown.

OBS

Temmoky glaze: The Japanese term for the type of glaze found on the Temmoku wares from the Honan province.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terres et glaçures (Ind. de la céramique)
CONT

Bol à thé genre temmoku, grès à couverte fourrure de lièvre; lian. Fujian. Époque Song. Xe - XIIIe siècles.

CONT

Les Chien-yao sont des grès cuits à haute température, dont la riche glaçure sombre a coulé vers le bas des pièces "en larmes". Ils sont si délicatement fouettés de noir, de brun et d'argent qu'on les dit fourrures de lièvre.

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clay and Clay Products (Ceramics)
  • Collection Items (Museums and Heritage)
DEF

silvery spots, often spaced out with a certain recognizable regularity, appearing on the dark-brown glaze of some Chien Yao and Honan ware made during the Sung dynasty(960-1280).

OBS

they were the result of the precipitation of particles of iron.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terres et glaçures (Ind. de la céramique)
  • Objets de collection (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
OBS

ces glaçures, assez fluides, avaient tendance à couler et à pénétrer les unes dans les autres, donnant ainsi à la surface de la poterie des coulures et des taches d'un effet décoratif rare et subtil.

OBS

(...) ressemblant à des auréoles argentées (...)

Spanish

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