Antiques & Collecting
The richly colored glazes of Chinese porcelains have enthralled collectors and inspired artists for hundreds of years. They are often given descriptive names, like the dark red “sang de boeuf” or “oxblood”; the famous peachbloom that inspired the late Victorian craze for two-tone pink glass; or the speckled olive shade called tea dust.
Tea dust glaze was first used in the Tang dynasty
(618-906). It …