A kind of usually blue and white porcelain of Chinese style, originally exported to Europe from Nanking and later copied by European potters. Cf…

Chinese ceramics of a type produced in the Dingzhou prefecture from the 8th cent. until the 14th cent., typically having a thin, white porcelain (or…

Designating porcelain ware made in China during the Ming dynasty and characterized by elaborate designs and vivid colours.

The Japanese name for a type of Chinese porcelain with lustrous black or brown glaze; also, the glaze so used.

White glazed porcelain made at Te-hua in south-eastern China, esp. during the Ming period.

(A type of) Chinese porcelain, decorated in overglaze enamels in the colours associated with famille verte (famille verte, n.) against a yellow…

Used attributively and absol. to denote a kind of porcelain produced during his reign, characterized by its delicate colouring.

Polychrome; polychrome decoration in enamels applied to porcelain; porcelain with polychrome decoration esp. of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

A type of glazed porcelain produced in Jiangxi and other provinces, chiefly during the Song dynasty. Frequently attributive.

Used attributively and absol. to designate porcelain made in Tê-hua, also known as blanc de Chine, n.

Blue-and-white Chinese porcelain of the Wan-li period (1573–1619) or later in the seventeenth century, or a European imitation of this.

Used attributively and absol. of the art and porcelain of the Yuan period.