Their kiln temperatures were only high enough to create earthenware, not porcelain, and their clay was not the same white porcelain clay as that from China ... for imperial use and porcelain ...

The china-clay industry of Cornwall It had its small beginnings with Cookworthy’s and west devon is a unique extractive discoveries of the perfect components for making industry and also, with its ...

Less well-known are the musical instruments made of clay. They have been played in China since the Zhou dynasty (1046BC-256BC). Today, clay is one of the bayin, the eight categories into which ...

At more than 20 square miles, his tomb in China’s Shaanxi province contains an estimated 8,000 life-size clay statues of soldiers known as the “terra-cotta army.” The terra-cotta warriors ...

The Chinese clay flute, from its origins as a hunting tool to its modern use in orchestras and film ... which has thousands of years of history in China and other parts of the world.