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<p>Underglaze-blue ceramic decoration seems to have been invented in the Middle East in the ninth century, and the technique was developed for porcelain in China during the fourteenth century. Islamic designs were sometimes incorporated into Chinese blue-and-white porcelains, which then became popular in the Middle East. Chinese porcelain is made from a mixture of kaolin clay, which vitrifies at a high temperature to form an impermeable material that is translucent, resonant (makes a ringing sound when tapped), has a smooth white surface, and, because of its strength, can be very thin. Without kaolin clay, comparable ceramics need to be substantially thicker. </p>
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10th century?
Iran, Nishapur
"Acquisitions 1965 and 1966," <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University </em>26, no. 1 (1967): p. 2, 19-32., p. 25
880 1967
