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HONAN [7 records]

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Record 1 2025-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
Universal entry(ies)
CN-HA
classification system code, see observation
OBS

A province of China.

OBS

CN-HA: code recognized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CN-HA
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Province de la Chine.

OBS

CN-HA : code reconnu par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Topónimos (fuera de Canadá)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
CN-HA
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Provincia de China.

OBS

CN-HA: código reconocido por ISO.

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Record 2 2011-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stoneware
  • Collection Items (Museums and Heritage)
DEF

Black-glazed stoneware cups and bowls made during the Sung dynasty(960-1280), at Chien-an(Honan province), China, and so called by the Japanese who sought them for use in the Tea Ceremony.

OBS

The term is now commonly used by European commentators.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Grès
  • Objets de collection (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
CONT

Musée Guimet : [...] On remarquera [...] les bols en terre brune revêtus jusqu'au dessus du pied fruste d'une épaisse couverte à reflets métalliques. Ce sont les fameux Jian (Kine) du Fujian (Fukine), célébrés par les Japonais sous le nom de "temmoku"

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé

Spanish

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Record 4 1991-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fabric Nomenclature
  • Synthetic Fabrics
OBS

Honan : is a silk pongee cloth made from wild silkworms raised in the Honan area of China. The fabric is noted for its uniformity of color, because these worms are the only wild type which gives uniform dyeing results. The name is also applied to fabrics made of man-made fibers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Nomenclature des tissus
  • Textiles artificiels et synthétiques

Spanish

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Record 5 1991-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fabric Nomenclature
  • Synthetic Fabrics
DEF

(...) a silk pongee cloth made from wild silkworms raised in the Honan area of China. The fabric is noted for its uniformity of color, because these worms are the only wild type which gives uniform dyeing results. The name is also applied to fabrics made of man-made fibers.

Key term(s)
  • synthetic honan

French

Domaine(s)
  • Nomenclature des tissus
  • Textiles artificiels et synthétiques
Key term(s)
  • honan synthétique

Spanish

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Record 6 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 7 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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