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Ceramics decoration > Cuerda seca

Preferred term

Cuerda seca  

Definition

  • Decoration technique in which outlines are drawn of the surface of wares (especially tiles) with a greasy substance colored with manganese, allowing glazes of several colors to be used without intermingling; primarily in Iberia [AAT 94]

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Notation

  • 112854

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-ZJWPNN87-L

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