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Item Ships From: Benelux
Late 19th Century Qing Dynasty Matching Pair Chinese Famille Rose Vases
Located in Silvolde, Gelderland
Beautiful set of two matching Qing Dynasty porcelain vases. These vase are both in good condition and add absolute great value to your interior.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Edo/Meiji Period 18/19C Japanese Hirado Cachepot with Boys playing
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
This is a most unusually made antique Hirado porcelain cachepot with playing boys. Crisply modelled with cobalt blue glaze
About Hirado 平戸 Ware
The origins of Hirado ware (it's als...
Category
19th Century Edo Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Wanli / Tianqi Ming Chinese Porcelain Kraak Chinese Taste Figural Plate
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this new arrival and very happy with it. Late Ming period Kraak plate of exceptional quality in cobalt blue of larger size. In general the piece is already of high q...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Ming Wanli 1560-1590 Chinese Porcelain Swatow/Zhangzhou Bowl
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Chinese blue and white porcelain bowl with cranes and flowers.
end of the 16th century. Swatow
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Condition
2 chips to rim and crackle lines. ...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese porcelain Famille Rose Teapot with Cover
Located in Delft, NL
18th Century Chinese porcelain Famille Rose Teapot with Cover
An early Qianlong enameled porcelain teapot with a scene of birds and Peonies in a g...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Arita Blue and White Kraak Dish - Edo Period, late 17th
By 1616 / Arita Japan
Located in DELFT, NL
A 17th Century Japanese Blue and White Porcelain Dish in the Kraak Style, Arita Kilns 1670 – 1700.
The central design shows three pheasant, one perched on a rock amongst flowering p...
Category
Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 1740-1750 Chinese Porcelain Bowl China Figural Rose Qianlong Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this very nice example of 18th century Mandarin ware. Dating to around 1740-1750.
Absolutely top quality scene
Very richly decorated. The inside wall with floral d...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Qianlong 18C Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Fencai Serving Plate Flowers
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose/Fencai plate with flower petal decoration.
The decoration and painting style are quite unusual, possibly for the Indian market.
Condition
1 ha...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Ca 1500 Antique raised moulded Goldfish dishes Chinese Porcelain China
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated small dish, dating to ca 1500, Hongzhi or Zhengde period.
The small saucer dish is decorated with a raised moulded goldfish coloured in orange-red enamel and...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Ming Wanli 1600-1640 Chinese Porcelain Kosometsuke Plate Cows
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Chinese blue and white porcelain Dish of beautiful shape and design.
Visible is a scene of a sheperd with cows. A poem is also visible at the top.
Early 17th century.
Similar dishe...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Wanli Ming Chinese Porcelain Kraak Quality Figural Plate with a Circles
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this new arrival and very happy with it. Late Ming period Kraak plate of exceptional quality in cobalt blue of larger size. In general the piece is already of high q...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 18C Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Hunting Bowl Qianlong Fencai
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Chinese Porcelain export bowl
Qianlong period
Fantastic decoration Famille Rose
Hunting European theme. The scene depicts Hunters on horses and dogs chasing unidentified animals.
...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Khmer Cambodian Urn Vase
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A elegant Asian unglazed vase in the Khmer style. Probably 18th century with traditional geometric decoration.
Category
18th Century Vietnamese Tribal Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Jingdezhen Wanli Period Chinese Porcelain Kraak Dish
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Large late Ming dynasty Wanli period blue and white kraak ware export porcelain deep charger. Decorated in the centre within an eight-pointed medallion wi...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Chinese Porcelain Vases PRoC Lamp Fenghuang Bird Vases Roses, Pair
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated pair of vases with a fenghuang scene, second half of the 20th century
Condition:
Overall condition; some craquele. Size: Approximate 525 mm high total or 20...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Ca 1700 Kangxi Antique Chinese Porcelain Famille Verte Tea Set Bird Lotus
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this lovely and high quality set of Six famille verte cups and saucers plus 1 extra saucer.
Finely decorated, showing a lotus scene in various bright colors within...
Category
17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Early 17th Century Ming Chinese Porcelain Dish Fishnet Plum Pattern
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Chinese porcelain dish.
With design of plum blossoms against an overall fishnet pattern, also dots in repeat. Executed in underglaze blue and overglaze green and red.
Tianqi or Cho...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Ming Porcelain Early 17th Century Blue White Plate Charger Kraak Dish
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Antique Chinese porcelain blue and white Ming charger
Blue and white ceramic deep dish.
Material: Chinese porcelain, Ceramic
Style: Chinese, Ming, Anti...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Antique Chinese Porcelain Ming Wanli Chinese Plate Rare Decoration
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated plate with a rare size
14-11-18-1-1
Condition
Overall condition a (Good) lots of rimfrits as to be expected from this type of kraak porcelain. ...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Majestic Zhangzhou Swatow Charger Ko Akae Verte China Ming Dynasty
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Majestic and large Chinese Ming period Swatow charger with beautiful and rare scene of two phoenixes in a landscape scene. Other birds flying around. The enamel is not in good condit...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 1740-1760 Chinese Porcelain Tankard China Figural Rose Qianlong Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this very nice example of 18th century Mandarin ware. Dating to around 1740-1760.
Absolutely top quality scene
Very richly decorated.
11-3-2025
Condition
handle re...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 1740-1750 Chinese Porcelain Bowl China Figural Rose Qianlong Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this very nice example of 18th century porcelain. Dating to around 1740-1750.
Nicely decorated.
Condition
1 line from rim. Size: 17x7.7CM DiameterxHeight
Period
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Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Ca 1500 Antique raised moulded Goldfish dishes Chinese Porcelain China
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very nicely decorated small dish, dating to ca 1500, Hongzhi or Zhengde period.
The small saucer dish is decorated with a raised moulded goldfish coloured in orange-red enamel and...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Large Antique 18C Qianlong period Chinese Porcelain SE Asia Famille Rose Charger
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nice, rare and beautiful colors in enamel in, Floral design, second half 18th century
These wares and their specific characteristics of wild colour and thick enamel have all the cha...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
19C Japanese Satsuma Vase Japanese Satsuma Winter Landscape Figures Marked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Fabulous Japanese vase. The blue enamels are unusual and so nice.
Marked at the body;
The first two characters indicate a name: Xiang Feng (?) Followed by the character xie, mean...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
23.5CM Antique 1740-1750 Chinese Porcelain Bowl China Famille Rose Qianlong
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this very nice example of 18th century porcelain. Dating to around 1740-1750.
Nicely decorated.
11-3-2025
Condition
6 lines, a chip and fritting to rim. Size: 2...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
China 19/20c Pagoda Garden Plate Fencai Soft Coloured Chinese Porcelain
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description
Lovely and good quality dish of larger size.
Visible is a garden pagode scene of two male and two female figures. The person on the chair obviously is the central p...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique ca 1900 Japanese Satsuma Taizan Teapot Richly Decorated Marked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Japanese Satsuma vase, Meiji period
of ovoid form with slightly domed cover, decorated with monkeys in robes frolicking in a landscape beside a river.
Condition
Overall Conditio...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Old Wooden Netsuke 19/20th C Japanese Japan Figural Figure Meiji Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and very detailed piece. Unsigned. Japan 19th or 20th century.
Weight: 25 grams
Provenance: Collected in the 1980's. From the collection of Clemens Merkelbach van Enkhuizen,...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Set of Chinese Blue and White Plate for Wall Decoration Porcelain China
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Perfect for interior wall decoration. We offer sets of 18th century Chinese blue and white plates. Available in every quantity needed. The selection in the pictures might not be avai...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Ming 1620-1644 Chinese Porcelain Kosometsuke 5 Horses Plate Tianqi
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Chinese blue and white porcelain Dish of beautiful shape and design. Central scene of 5 horses.
Early 17th century, marked at base.
In symbolism a horse is a wish for a Good job. ...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Japanese Moriage Satsuma Vases with Gold Gilding Circa 1930-1940
Located in Ixelles, BE
Japanese Satsuma vases from the circa 1930-1940 period are a particular style of ceramic art that originated from the Satsuma province of Japan. Satsuma ware is renowned for its intricate hand-painted designs, rich colors, and distinctive crackled glaze.
Satsuma ware dates back to the early 17th century, but it gained widespread popularity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the 1930s and 1940s. Satsuma vases produced during this time often reflected a mix of traditional and modern influences, as Japan went through a period of cultural exchange and artistic experimentation.
Satsuma vases are made from a type of Japanese earthenware clay known for its fine texture and malleability. The vases are hand-formed or wheel-thrown and then meticulously hand-painted with intricate designs using enamel paints. The distinctive crackled glaze was achieved by firing the vases at a relatively low temperature, allowing the glaze to crack during the cooling process.
The moriage technique involves applying three-dimensional, raised ornamentation to the surface of the ceramic piece, creating a visually textured and layered effect. Artisans create three-dimensional patterns, designs, or intricate motifs using a special mixture of clay, slip, or porcelain paste. The raised elements are added by hand to the ceramic body, and each detail is carefully shaped to achieve the desired effect.
The moriage is then gold gilded as some of the intricate ornamental patterns and the halos around the three immortal...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Large Pair of Graduated Turquoise Porcelain Foo Dogs. Chinese Circa 1880
Located in Ixelles, BE
Chinese turquoise-colored porcelain foo dogs from circa 1880 are exquisite examples of traditional Chinese ceramic art. Foo dogs, also known as guardian lions or temple lions, are ic...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Ming Period Kraak Tokkuri Sake Bottles Kosometsuke Landscape Chinese
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Excited and really happy to share these 2 pieces.
Pair of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Tokkuri (Sake Bottles)
Jingdezhen kilns, Early 17th century (Late Ming dynasty), made for...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Chinese Blue And White Porcelain Barber Dish, Qianlong Period
Located in Bilzen, BE
Mid 18th century blue/white barber porcelain dish from the Qianlong period
No repairs
26 x 29.5 cm
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Wanli / Tianqi Ming Chinese Porcelain Kraak Chinese Taste Figural Plate
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this new arrival and very happy with it. Late Ming period Kraak plate of exceptional quality in cobalt blue of larger size. In general the piece is already of high q...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Very Rare Antique Chinese Porcelain Jiajing - Wanli period 1560-1600 Bowl wit
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely decorated piece. A very rare type with landscape on the inside and Mandarin Ducks in a Lotus pond on the outside
China Jingdezhen kilns
Ming Dynastie, Jiajing or Wanli Reign
...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique ca 1900 Japanese Satsuma vase Richly Decorated Marked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description
A Japanese Satsuma vase and cover marked base
Condition
Overall Condition: 1 restuck chip to rim. Size 190mm high
Period
19th century Meiji Periode (1867-1912).
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Blue and White "Grape Dish", Ming Dynasty, 16th Century, Jiajing Period
Located in Delft, NL
Large Chinese Blue and White "Grape Dish",
Ming Dynasty, Jiajing Period, 16th Century
Large blue and white "Grape Dish".
Ming dynasty (1368-1644),
Jiaj...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Porcelain Kangxi Period Tea Caddy Elegant Lady and Child
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this nice Chinese porcelain Tea Caddy from the Kangxi period. It has a dark cobalt blue figural scene with Lady and Boy.
Country of origin: China
Period: Kangxi
Siz...
Category
17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Old Wooden Netsuke 19/20th C Japanese Japan Animal on Turtle Meiji Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and very detailed piece. Unsigned. Japan 19th or 20th century.
Weight: 8 grams
Provenance: Collected in the 1980's. From the collection of Clemens Merkelbach van Enkhuizen, ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Antique Ming Period Chinese Porcelain Literatus and attendant Charger Flies W
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this new arrival. An amazing Blue and white porcelain dish, Kraak porcelain.
China, Ming dynasty Wanli period (1572-1620),
Decorated in the centre with a lite...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Unusual 17th Century Chinese Porcelain Ming Period Plate with Fenghuang
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this lovely and unusual Chinese porcelain plate from the late Ming period. Early 17th century, more than probably Swatow ware.
Origin: China
Age; early 17th cen...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
12th Century Khmer Vase
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A 12th to 13th century mocha brownglazed stoneware jar in a apple-form body, concave neck and flared and lipped rim. Geometric motifs on leg shoulder and neck aswell as the unglazed ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Cambodian Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Japanese & Chinese Imari Plates Wall Decoration Porcelain, China
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Perfect for interior wall decoration. We offer sets of 18-19th century Chinese/Japanese Imari plates in different sizes. Available in every quantity needed. The selection in the pictures might not be available due to stock changes, but we have around 100 Japanese/Chinese Imari plates...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Monumental Chinese porcelain fam. rose Qing Dynasty Bird Vases, 60.6 in.
Located in Gorssel, GE
Pair of Colossal Qing Dynasty Bird Vases: An extremely rare pair of Chinese porcelain famille rose vases decorated with phoenix birds and numerous birds in foliage.
High 154 cm. Per...
Category
1890s Chinese Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Top Quality Antique Chinese Porcelain Dish Kangxi Period Chenghua Marked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this exceptionally nice Chinese porcelain Plate from the Kangxi period. It has a dark cobalt blue scene with geometric design, objects and symbols.
The base with a...
Category
17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
37.8CM Yongzheng Antique Chinese Porcelain Plate with a Pencilled Floral Scene
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this beautiful Chinese porcelain plate from the Kangxi/Yongzheng period.
in beautiful cobalt blue colors.
Country of origin: China
Period: Kangxi/Yonzheng period
Co...
Category
17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
#11 Antique Meiji Period Japanese Satsuma Autumn Tea Set 19th Century Wisteria
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Fabulous Tea set Satsuma of 11 pieces. Meiji period, 19th century
Marked:
Condition
1 cup with small frits/fleebites rim, rest perfect. Size jugs 110-140mm high cups 90x45mm DXH and...
Category
19th Century Japanese Qing Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique 19th Century Japanese Porcelain Yoshidaya Kutani Large Dish, Japan
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this lovely and unusal Kutani porcelain large dish. The dish is of circular form and has a scene of a wise man and his apprentice in a landscape scene. With beautiful colors and very nicely painted.
Base marked with a Fuku mark...
Category
19th Century Japanese Qing Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century Qing Dynasty Faux Bamboo Chinese Vases
Located in Ixelles, BE
Faux bamboo Chinese vases were a type of decorative art that emerged during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) in China. These porcelain vases were designed to mimic the appearance of bamboo, a plant highly regarded in Chinese culture for its resilience, elegance, and symbolism. Bamboo is associated with attributes such as flexibility, strength, and modesty, making it a popular motif in Chinese art.
In the Qing Dynasty the color yellow held significant symbolism and represented imperial authority, power, and the emperor himself. Yellow was considered the most sacred and prestigious color in Chinese culture, and it had strong associations with the emperor's position as the Son of Heaven and the ruler of all under heaven.
The marks at the bottom of the vases indicate that these were crafted more specifically during the Tongzhi period – an emperor who reigned from 1861 to 1875, which effectively lasted nthrough his adolescence and was largly overshadowed by the rule of his mother, Empress Dowager Cixi. Although he had little influence over state affairs, the events of his reign gave rise to what historians call the “Tongzhi Restoration”, an unsuccessful modernization program.
The polychrome enamels representing on one vase a traditional Chinese kite...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Kangxi/Yongzheng Antique Chinese Porcelain Plate Romance of the Western Chamber
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this beautiful Chinese porcelain plate from the Kangxi/Yongzheng period. It depicts a story from the Romance of the Western Chamber (Xixiang Ji)
in beautiful cobalt...
Category
17th Century Chinese Qing Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese 17th C Wanli Ming Dynasty Plate Dish Porcelain Chenghua Marked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description
A rare Ming blue and white Porcelain dish. Great quality decoration Three Friends of Winter. Chenghua marked.
Box included.
Condit...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Satsuma Vase with Birds, 20th Century Taisho Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nice quality with superb decoration
Condition:
Overall condition perfect. Size 325cm.
Period:
20th century.
Category
19th Century Japanese Taisho Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Antique 1740-1750 Chinese Porcelain Dish China Figural Rose Qianlong Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Sharing with you this very nice example of 18th century Mandarin ware. Dating to around 1740-1750.
Absolutely top quality scene
Very richly decorated. The border has nice puce, gil...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Ming Period Kosometsuke Landscape Chinese Porcelain Kaiseki Dish
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Very happy and delighted with this new arrival. A very nicely potted, shaped and painted blue and white Kosometsuke piece in nice cobalt blue!
Visible in the pictures is a lidded box...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 3 Terracotta Khmer Vases
Located in Schellebelle, BE
A beautiful set of 3 antique KHMER vases from South East Asia,
from the Thailand-Cambodia area,
good patina and shine of the glazed Brown terracotta,
fine decorations and design of t...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Cambodian Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Terracotta
Antique 17C Chinese Porcelain Ming China Swatow Zhanghou Blue Ground
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A very beautiful plate, rare monochrome blue ground. Great study material.
Condition
Overall Condition; 2 large crackle line in central plate, 1 running out in a hai...
Category
17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Benelux - Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
