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‖ tou ts'ai Ceramics.|tu tsaɪ|
Also doucai.
[Chinese (Wade-Giles), duōcái (Pinyin), lit. ‘multi-coloured’, f. tou many + ts‘ai colours.]
Used attrib. and absol. of a kind of enamel painting on Chinese porcelain, developed in the reign of Ch'êng Hua (1465–87), and of (pieces of) porcelain so decorated.
1953S. Jenyns Ming Pottery & Porcelain vi. 90 Another problem piece is the famous Kitchener bowl... Brankston is uncomfortably non-committal. ‘There are some points’, he says, ‘on which it differs from other known Ch‘ê ng Hua tou ts‘ai pieces.’ 1960H. Hayward Antique Coll. 285/1 Tou ts'ai (‘contrasting colour’) enamels, delicate, sparing designs on Chinese porcelain in under⁓glaze blue, set off by transparent enamel colours. 1972Trans. Oriental Ceramic Soc. 109 A globular jar..painted in tou-ts‘ai style in underglaze blue. 1980Catal. Fine Chinese Ceramics (Sotheby, Hong Kong) 104 A rare doucai (tou ts'ai) Vase, brightly enamelled with a formal pattern of lotus scrolls. |