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CHAPTER 2 The Production of Enamelled Porcelain and Knowledge Transfer

type of decoration. For under-glaze decoration, such as blue and white, painters

needed to paint cobalt blue to the clay body before glazing and high firing. For over-

glaze decoration, such as enamelled porcelain, the clay body had to be glazed first.

The glaze was prepared by mixing a specific proportion stones such as limestone,

calcium carbonate and fern. There were two methods of glazing, immersion and

blowing the glaze on through a bamboo tube for even application. (Figure 2-5,Figure

2-6)

Figure 2-5 Glazing the wares.

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