Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Coloring or decoration applied to pottery before glazing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In ceramics, having the properties that adapt it for painting on the body before the glaze is applied: said of a vitrifiable pigment: as, an underglaze color.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Applied under the glaze, that is, before the glaze is put on; fitted to be so applied; -- said of colors in porcelain painting.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A decorative
slip applied to the surface ofpottery beforeglazing .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Colored engobes can also be termed underglaze colors.
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Doucai is a porcelain that combines a blue-and-white underglaze with an overglaze decoration.
Treasures in the Royal Attic Margaret Studer 2011
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Look at that unctuous underglaze in the palest, almost imperceptible blue, not too glassy, not too dull, and fired with absolute evenness and consistency.
Archive 2009-08-01 2009
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Look at that unctuous underglaze in the palest, almost imperceptible blue, not too glassy, not too dull, and fired with absolute evenness and consistency.
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When I was in Japan, I used to do cobalt underglaze on porcelain more than anything else.
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When I was in Japan, I used to do cobalt underglaze on porcelain more than anything else.
Kater’s Art » Blog Archive » Cobalt-Grid Porcelain bowl 2008
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When I was in Japan, I used to do cobalt underglaze on porcelain more than anything else.
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A common decorative technique for clay bodies, associated especially with faience and similar soft-paste earthenwares was underglaze painting.
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In addition, the high heat needed to form a good covering glaze limited underglaze colors to those that could withstand extreme temperatures.
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When I was in Japan, I used to do cobalt underglaze on porcelain more than anything else.
Kater’s Art » Blog Archive » Cobalt-Grid Porcelain bowl 2008
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