Bianco-sopra-bianco disk

Term primarily used on Italian majolica wares denoting painting in opaque white over a grayish white ground, used at the Faenza potteries in the early 16th century. The term is also used to describe this technique on English tin-glazed pottery and on Chinese white porcelain decorated with a pattern primarily in white enamels. See also: anhua.

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