porcelain
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From the Middle East we really got the use of cobalt in designs, and that married with the introduction of porcelain from China.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026
My dad liked to say that trust is like fine porcelain: easy to break and hard to repair.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Sailing west across the Pacific for three months, the ships brought silver coins from Spain's American colonies to Manila, where they would be exchanged for luxury goods like silk, porcelain and jade from China.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
Not the silken, restaurant version piped into porcelain.
From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026
But with her cheek pressed against the cool white porcelain she could swim through imaginary waters and sometimes fall asleep.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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