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*Kinrande 金襴手 - a ceramics technique in which gold foil designs are placed atop the enamel layer; it is then incised and re-fired. It's a technique named for how the designs are said to resemble silk brocades. With handling, the gold quickly begins to wear away. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/21757931239/in/dateposted-public/]
*Kinrande 金襴手 - a ceramics technique in which gold foil designs are placed atop the enamel layer; it is then incised and re-fired. It's a technique named for how the designs are said to resemble silk brocades. With handling, the gold quickly begins to wear away. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/21757931239/in/dateposted-public/]
*After the death of the [[Xuande Emperor]] in [[1435]], many pottery kilns which had up until then enjoyed imperial patronage fell into decline. The quality of ceramics declined, as well. Those kilns had to turn to merchant and commoner customers, and to overseas buyers. Meanwhile, however, pottery at [[Jingdezhen]] began to see some improvement at that same time. - Gallery labels, British Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/21932676782/in/dateposted-public/]
*Fahua 法華 - a style of Chinese ceramics in which incised lines separate areas of very bright colors. The term was coined by collectors in the 1920s. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/21954579781/in/photostream/]
*Fahua 法華 - a style of Chinese ceramics in which incised lines separate areas of very bright colors. The term was coined by collectors in the 1920s. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/21954579781/in/photostream/]