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Description: | The use of thickly rendered porcelain in this piece is unusual. Traditionally, porcelain has been used differently in Western countries in comparison with its use in the East. In the West, porcelain was associated with the production of fine and translucent objects, whereas in Korean pottery for example, porcelain was traditionally used more thickly. The use of porcelain at Leach Pottery in St Ives, where this piece was made, refers to Korean and early Chinese ceramics. This pot is decorated with celadon, an ancient Chinese glaze of which there are many variations. Celadon is always pale with varying degrees of grey, green or blue colour. Ying ch'ing is the name of the celadon glaze used as standard at St Ives. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | beyond the North East craft makers ceramics other cultures contemporary craft | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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