Ian Currie on wed 2 mar 05
Hi Wes
> Another interesting comment that I remember from Tichane was the fact
> that the work was thrown (trimmed) very thin and that the glaze was as
> much as twice as thick as the clay that carried it.
I think that reference was to Kuan (Guan) ware, and not tenmoku. In the
original edition of Those Celadon Blues you can see the relevant
illustration in Figure 9.7 "Cross section of Kuan sherd comparing
thickness of glaze and body to the thickness of a dime."
Regards
Ian
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