PALE-BLUE VASE. (P'ing), 10 inches high, with a decoration of floral bands and ornamental borders, worked in slight relief in the paste, under a monochrome glaze of pale grayish-blue color, derived from the native cobaltiferous ore of manganese. This is the t'ien-ch'ing, or “ sky-blue," of Chinese ceramists, and differs from the cobalt glase in being minutely crackled From the book ' ORIENTAL CERAMIC ART COLLECTION OF William Thompson Walters ' Published in 1897

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Size: 2349px × 3617px
Location: China
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