Delftware

デルフト焼 / 1600s– / Style / Ceramic Styles

The tin-glazed pottery Delft created out of longing for Chinese porcelain: windmills, ships and translated Eastern scenes in blue alone — the chinoiserie that fixed 'blue and white' as a Western language of table and room.

Painting in blue alone / White tin-glaze ground / Eastern motifs translated / From tiles to tableware

Delftware — デルフト焼の皿 1760頃（CC0）Delftware — デルフトの藍絵付皿（CC BY 4.0）
デルフト焼の皿 1760頃（CC0） ／ デルフトの藍絵付皿（CC BY 4.0）

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Composition
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Material
Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
Caution
Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
Further study
from imitating Jingdezhen to a style of its own / Delft tiles / Royal Delft today

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