The Straits Chinese: A Cultural HistoryGeschiedenis van Chinese kooplieden die zich vestigden in Maleisie aan de Straat van Malakka |
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... ceramic trade ( Khoo , J.E. , 1991 : 13-18 ) . Ming Dynasty blue - and - white ceramics have been found in almost every corner of the world , so much so that a ' Ming gap ' ( i.e. the absence of Ming ceramics ) is conspicuous in any ...
... ceramic trade ( Khoo , J.E. , 1991 : 13-18 ) . Ming Dynasty blue - and - white ceramics have been found in almost every corner of the world , so much so that a ' Ming gap ' ( i.e. the absence of Ming ceramics ) is conspicuous in any ...
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... ceramic ware which has been fired at a high temperature , particularly the white and decorated white wares of Jingdezhen . Porcelain is hard , whitish , translucent and resonant . Marco Polo applied the term porcellana ( derived from ...
... ceramic ware which has been fired at a high temperature , particularly the white and decorated white wares of Jingdezhen . Porcelain is hard , whitish , translucent and resonant . Marco Polo applied the term porcellana ( derived from ...
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... ceramics through Nagasaki , but during political disturbances in China in the seventeenth century , actual Japanese ... ceramic figures were used as candle stands or simply for decoration . Examples of all these styles found their way ...
... ceramics through Nagasaki , but during political disturbances in China in the seventeenth century , actual Japanese ... ceramic figures were used as candle stands or simply for decoration . Examples of all these styles found their way ...
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Associations and clubs | 115 |
Architecture | 133 |
The Arts | 189 |
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