Dice Bowl, 1426-1435, Cleveland Museum of Art: Chinese ArtThe Chinese connoisseurs use the poetic te
Dice Bowl, 1426-1435, Cleveland Museum of Art: Chinese ArtThe Chinese connoisseurs use the poetic term “snowflake blue” to describe the mottling effects of white blotches amid tones of blue colored with cobalt oxide. Such aesthetic effects were achieved by blowing the glaze through a bamboo tube onto the ceramic surfaces.Size: Diameter: 25 cm (9 13/16 in.); Overall: 11.6 cm (4 9/16 in.)Medium: porcelain with mottled blue glazehttps://clevelandart.org/art/1989.287 -- source link
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