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KANGXI PORCELAIN
Copper Red Wares, Copper Oxide glazes
• This pigment (like Cobalt), originated in Persia as green enamel.
• When fired properly it can turn to a wide range of reds & greens.
• Perfected originally in the Ming Dynasty15th C., then forgotten.
• Revived under Kangxi reign.
• Colors can range from deep red to pink to green.
• Color names “Langyao”, “Peach bloom (red bean)”, “Liver red”,
“Sang de bouf” and a few others less well known.
