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Kate Lingley 龍梅若

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Chinese blue and white porcelain was developed for export to Western Asia and initially catered to an Islamic artistic taste, hence its visual complexity, vegetal/floral patterns, and color palette.

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(At first it was made with cobalt ore imported from the Muslim world as well, and only later with locally sourced cobalt.)

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