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porcelain

[pawr-suh-lin, pohr-, pawrs-lin, pohrs-] / ˈpɔr sə lɪn, ˈpoʊr-, ˈpɔrs lɪn, ˈpoʊrs- /
NOUN
earthenware
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NOUN
ceramic
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A woman approached the stall where Vadym and his wife, who sells porcelain, had laid out what they had left, and asked the price of an elegant lamp with a cream-coloured shade.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Shards of glass and porcelain crunched under Vadym's feet as he walked through the remains of his shop.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

A porcelain Capodimonte lamp nestled under vintage Japanese prints is described as “Rococo on acid.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

Rogers Jones Auctioneers are selling Young's original working drawings for his celebrated porcelain.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Ma and I rushed to see Mr. Lew lying on the floor clutching his chest, broken porcelain scattered around him.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

In a clever piece of installation design, shelves built around the screen bring the painting’s illusions to life, displaying real bronzes, porcelains, texts and scholarly objects from Lee’s collection—modern curation fulfilling classical cultural capital.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 6, 2026

Da Gama had come to India on a quest to find an all-water route to Southeast and East Asia, the source of spices, silks, porcelains, and other Asian goods.

From Textbooks Dec. 14, 2022

The latter piece, titled “The Barmecide Feast,” is well built — down to the corny Late Empire porcelains employed as backdrop on the luminous white set.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2017

The result, now at Craig F. Starr Gallery, has the potential to be daintily charming, like a display of dollhouse porcelains.

From New York Times Oct. 13, 2016

More or less independent later experiments in France and England led to Sevres, Wedgwood, and Spode porcelains.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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