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NANKING YELLOW [1 record]

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Record 1 1986-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clay Working Methods (Ceramics)
DEF

A yellowish-brown glaze derived from iron, usually associated with underglaze blue decoration on porcelain decorated at Nanking.

OBS

Tzy chin: a chinese term often found in the English context.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques de la céramique
CONT

sous les Ming : (...) Les bruns lustrés vont du "café au lait" et du "jaune de Nankin" (brun pâle) au brun "feuille morte".

Spanish

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