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Porcelain Young woman with a flower buquet

Piratini Palace

Piratini Palace
Porto Alegre, Brazil

Specie of ceramic produced from a fine clay, quartz, feldspar and kaolin paste. Originally from China, this white, translucent, resistant and extremely versatile material revolutionized its distribution in European markets along the Silk Road. Marco Polo coined the term “porcellana” from the Italian porcellini, nickname for the shells found in the Venice's water.

Colored porcelain miniature statuette representing the figure of a woman. The figure has a long, three-layer dress, a U-neck blouse and Japanese-style sleeves. Curly hair, she holds a bouquet of roses in her hands. At the bottom, the saying: "Ezulgemalk - Ens Diphan Porzellan".

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  • Title: Porcelain Young woman with a flower buquet
  • Type: Ceramics
Piratini Palace

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