Look up: sang-de-boeuf

1. sang de boeuf
   a glossy, rich, bloodred glaze often slashed with streaks of purple or turquoise used to decorate pottery, particularly porcelain. The effect is ... [2 related articles]
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2. Sang-de-boeuf
   French for 'ox blood', used to describe a startling plum-red ceramics glaze. In areas where the glaze lies thickly on the ceramic body, such as near the base of a vase, it forms dark patches like coagulated ox blood. The effect is achieved by firing a copper glaze in a reducing atmosphere (one rich in carbon monoxide) and was developed in the late …
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3. sang-de-boeuf
   sang-de-boeuf Literally 'ox-blood', a deep rich red high-temperature glaze found on Chinese ceramics from the ming period and later, imitated in Europe in the 19th century.
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4. sang-de-boeuf
   Sang de boeuf, the phrase refers to the striking blood-red glaze that was first used by Chinese potters hundreds of years ago.
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