East meets west
Mar 03, 2022
2 minutes
Blue and white decorated ceramics originated in China during the Tang dynasty (618-907), but the style became widely used in Chinese porcelain in the 14th century when the cobalt pigment for the blue began to be imported from Persia.
In 1604, a Dutch ship captured a Portuguese vessel, which was returning from a
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