Porcelain

By: Courtney Merenkov 6P


 * Porcelain China **

Porcelain China also known as “fine china” is very important to China. Porcelain china is very delicate and is somewhat expensive. Porcelain traveled quickly in ancient China by the Silk Road. The Silk Road was a trading route that they used to take goods all around Asia and all the way to Europe. Later on people thought that porcelain was very unique and people would buy and collect it from all around. Porcelain China was first made in the Shang Dynasty (17th - 11th century BC). And was made of Kaolin and was very hard and sturdy. Poecelain was just as popular then as it is now. Porcelain is a type of material that people make plates and other thing with. Porcelain is comes either in translucent and opaque. People pait or stencil the porcelain the common color that it is paintedd is blue.People from all over the world use china but mostly on special occasions such as holidays and birthdays. __** How is it made? **__ Porcelain is made by clay and other materials that are mixed together and fired in a kiln at up to 1,200 degrees. The material eventually turns white and very smooth. Then after that people hand stencil the object which is part of the reason it is so expensive.
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Tau-Yue was said to be the inventor of porcelain he was an ancient artist and a great painter. One day he was said to have tried to fire a plate made out of clay and he left it in too long and the clay was very hot and turned white then he had someone paint the plate. Some people think it’s a legend others disagree.
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Designate white pottery and porcelain decorated under the glaze with a blue pigment, generally cobalt oxide. The decoration is commonly applied by hand, by stenciling or by transfer-printing, though other methods of application have also been used.
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