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"In the production of the second sort the Chinese varied the monotone
color of the souffle treatment by painting in polychrome colors on the
white medallions after the first firing.
"The white reserve spaces partake of many forms; the shapes of a leaf,
flower, or fruit are favorite outlines, and are made by cutting them out in
paper and fixing them when wet on the object before applying the blue"
(so-called powder-blue souffle, termed by the French "bleu de poudre"
and also "bleu fouette").
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