Ceramics

 

|1961: Pottery of the Tang Dynasty

Tang Dynasty (618-907) low temperature glazed pottery called Sancai meaning three colours, usually brown (or amber), green and off white. Easier to make than porcelain they were used as tomb figures for the journey to the afterlife. Many are camels with their bushy bearded Central Asian riders

but horses were the most popular

1981: Ceramics from Cizhou Kilns

Cizhou ware is named after one of its main centers of production in Northern China. Generally sturdy large objects, very popular and especially associated with the late Tang and Early Ming Dynasty (11th to 14th Century). 4f - Vase with two tigers (Song Dynasty) and 8f - Carved black glazed vase (Jin Dynasty)

8f - Amphora with apricot blossoms (modern) and 7f - Jar with two phoenix (Yuan Dynasty)

10f - Flat flax with dragon and phoenix (Yuan dynasty) and 60f - Vessel with tiger shaped handles (modern)

1976: Europa -Handicrafts

Changing continents to scenes of daily life in 18th Century Germany originally made by the Ludwigsburg Porcelain company. A girl selling trinkets and copperplate prints

Boy selling copperplate prints

 

Sunday Stamps A-Z - for China, Camel and Copperplate - C at  See It On A Postcard