. Glass. s little vasemight be taken for an example of Medici porcelain, andindeed we must bear in mind that all through the six-teenth century attempts were being made in Venice toimitate the porcelain of the Far East, more especiallythe plain white and the blue and white wares which werealready arriving at Venice in considerable quantity. This lattimo glass came much into favour for a secondtime early in the eighteenth century; it was at that timeoften decorated in colours in a pseudo-Japanese later milk-white glass is once more closely associ-ated with the attempts then again mad
. Glass. s little vasemight be taken for an example of Medici porcelain, andindeed we must bear in mind that all through the six-teenth century attempts were being made in Venice toimitate the porcelain of the Far East, more especiallythe plain white and the blue and white wares which werealready arriving at Venice in considerable quantity. This lattimo glass came much into favour for a secondtime early in the eighteenth century; it was at that timeoften decorated in colours in a pseudo-Japanese later milk-white glass is once more closely associ-ated with the attempts then again made at Venice, asin so many other countries, to imitate the porcelain ofChina and Japan. This had indeed, before the end ofthe previous century, been in a measure accomplished ^ Ma quando particolarmente se voglion far vetri bianchi di smalto vi sag-giunge calcina di stagno e questo si chiama latticinio del quale si fanno opere diversesopra i vasi di christallo (Garzoni, Piazza Universale, 1585, p. 550).204.
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