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LINDA BLOOMFIELD

Yellow is a cheerful colour, with glaze and stain names such as honey, buttercup, primrose and sunshine yellow. They were used on porcelain bowls in Ming China and functional slipware pancheons in medieval Europe. Nowadays, stains and underglaze colours can be bought in a variety of bright yellow hues, and it is

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