Medici porcelain
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Medici porcelain was the first successful attempt in Europe to make imitations of Chinese porcelain, though it was soft-paste porcelain rather than the hard-paste made in Asia. The experimental manufa
Medici Porcelain Works, Bottle, c. 1575–87, with pitted texture detail; Soft Paste Porcelain; OA 2734, Louvre, Paris.
Medici porcelain gourd, with pitted texture detail, 1575–1587.
Medici porcelain vase, 1575–1587.
Medici porcelain ewer, 1575–1587.
Porcelain
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Porcelain, also called china, is a ceramic material made by heating raw materials, generally including kaolinite, in a kiln to temperatures between 1,200 and 1,400 °C. The greater strength and translu
Medici porcelain
…appear on the underside of some pieces; others bear the Medici palle, the balls that are the Medici heraldic charge. Never a commercial venture, Medici porcelains were sometimes given as diplomatic gifts; for example, surviving pieces bear the arms of Philip II of Spain. In 1995, a vase dated to around 1575, was…
Soft-paste porcelain swan tureen, 1752–1756, Chelsea porcelain
Flower centrepiece, 18th century, Spain
Nymphenburg porcelain group modelled by Franz Anton Bustelli, 1756
Demonstration of the translucent quality of porcelain