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Materials > Porcelain
A material of white clay (kaolin) and a feldspathic rock that react when fired so the clay holds the shape and the rock fuses into a natural glass.
1974–79
c. 1732
c. 1733
15th or 16th century
late 17th–mid-18th century
1662–1722
618–907
960–1126
early 15th century
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