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CHAPTER 2 The Production of Enamelled Porcelain and Knowledge Transfer
Preparing Enamel Colours
After the manufacture, enamel colours are ready to use in a range of colours and
qualities. For painting enamel on porcelain, enamel colours are prepared as fine
powders. For use, they have to be broken up, ground to a fine powder, thoroughly
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washed, and painted onto a piece of porcelain. Figure 2-8 is a leaf painting from an
album of porcelain manufacture. This album was in a private collection, and was only
published online of thirteen leaves. It is the leaf no.15 of this album, entitled clearly
in Chinese characters, reads ‘no.15, pink opaque enamel, painting pink enamel’.
29 Herbert Maryon, Metalwork and Enamelling (fifth revised edition, New York: Dover
Publication, 2012), p.169.
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