One of the most striking of the Hellenistic pottery fabrics has not come to the notice of Bulletin readers for some years, although the Museum has a good selection of it. This pottery is decorated, if at all, with reliefs, and has a glaze which is so often bright green that the ware is referred to as "green-glazed," even though other colors occur. With the recent addition of several pieces, the...

This paper reviews studies of Tang and Song blue-and-white porcelains, both archaeologically scientifically, based on published data, compares with sancai, which represents the earliest use cobalt pigment in Chinese ceramics. Thirty-nine wares seven have been excavated from city sites, kilns, a tomb, shipwreck, pagodas. These findings identify as export ware related to Maritime Silk Road or sug...

Medieval pavements composed of lead-glazed tiles decorated with a variety techniques continue to inspire questions about the organisation glaze manufacture, and supply origin lead materials. The analysed in this study are from Suscinio I (a 13th-century pavement) II 14th-century pavement), at Château Brittany, also pavement fortified manor house Brain-sur-Allonnes, Anjou. Lead isotope analysis ...