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Tag: China

12 Feb 2019 Decorative Arts / Porcelain

Come to Cold Mountain – Porcelain, Part 2

How was porcelain first created in China?  Please see Porcelain, Part 1. In 1271, seventeen-year-old Marco Polo began a five-thousand-mile journey

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21 Jan 2019 Decorative Arts / Porcelain

When Thousands of Hands Held a Secret for a Thousand Years – Porcelain, Part 1

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science, said

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Meighan Maley is a Guide at The Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Rodin Museum in Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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