painted ceramics
Decorated fired clay
Painted ceramics are pottery or porcelain objects decorated with pigments, glazes, or enamels applied before or after firing.
The term covers everything from ancient Greek vases to contemporary decorative plates.
The museum's collection of painted ceramics spans three millennia.
Painted ceramics may be functional or purely ornamental.
- majolicaTin-glazed decorative earthenware
- underglazePigment applied before vitrification
- Chinese porcelainFine glazed Eastern ceramics
- sgraffitoScratch-revealed layered decoration
- geometric designsPatterns using shapes
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