New ash glazes from arable crop waste : exploring the use of straw from Pisum sativum (combining pea) and Vicia faba (field bean)

The Chinese first developed stoneware ash glazes about 3500 years ago, when their kiln technology progressed sufficiently to reach temperatures high enough to fuse such glazes. More than 2000 years went by before this knowledge reached Japan and Korea, where ash glazes were also subsequently produce...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Metcalfe, Carol
Published: University of Sunderland 2008
Subjects:
700
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.576522