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<p>[QUOTE="say_it_slowly, post: 4614691, member: 50"]The Chinese were early to produce blue and white porcelain. The rest of the world really didn't know how to make porcelain so did their best to make things look like Chinese porcelain but on earthenware body. Things developed from there and have been copied and fiddled with for ages and to this day.</p><p><br /></p><p>Start with question one, what is the body? Is it porcelain? Is it earthenware? and go from there. </p><p><br /></p><p>I can't help but notice how similar the shaded flower painting style is to some Russian ceramics such as Gzhel however I think they are porcelain rather than earthenware.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="say_it_slowly, post: 4614691, member: 50"]The Chinese were early to produce blue and white porcelain. The rest of the world really didn't know how to make porcelain so did their best to make things look like Chinese porcelain but on earthenware body. Things developed from there and have been copied and fiddled with for ages and to this day. Start with question one, what is the body? Is it porcelain? Is it earthenware? and go from there. I can't help but notice how similar the shaded flower painting style is to some Russian ceramics such as Gzhel however I think they are porcelain rather than earthenware.[/QUOTE]
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