Water Jar with Althea Design in Underglaze Painting
Shiro Oshima
1977 -- Ceramics
- Awarded once at the Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibition
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Description
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CategoryCeramics
Techniques Used
Blue underglaze
Blue and white porcelain (sometsuke) is made by painting blue underglaze decorations on white bisque-fired pottery using a cobalt-rich pigment known as zaffer (gosu). The piece is then coated with a transparent glaze and fired. This technique for making blue and white porcelain has been used in China since around the twelfth century during the Yuan Dynasty.
