| 单词 | faience |
| 例句 | The board, which was discovered in Egypt early in the nineteenth century, occupies the back of a carved hippopotamus, its hollows set amid inlaid glass on blue faience. What We Learn from One of the World’s Oldest Board Games 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z One of Reisner’s excavations turned up pieces of large-scale architectural faience, including a rosette-patterned ceiling block and a wall inlay of a lion, which are both on view. Art Review: Partnerships and Power Shifts Between Two Mighty Lands 2011-03-24T22:13:08Z An Italian faience dish from Deruta, possibly painted in the 1530s with a spoofy rendition of a Turkish rider oddly holding a banner with Christian crosses, was similarly rejected. Special Report: Asian Art: 'Islamic' Culture: A Groundless Myth 2011-11-04T13:00:10Z Newspapers described the work as a “triumph in the line of faience” that “astonishes art circles.” Antiques: Edward Lycett, Designer for Faience Company, Brooklyn 2011-05-26T22:02:06Z A small turquoise faience baboon, 8.8 centimeters high, is a masterpiece of understated irony, so discreetly wielded that one cannot be absolutely sure that mockery was intended. Exhibition Review: Finding Ancient Egypt's Sense of Humor 2011-05-20T18:30:05Z Also here are examples of faience, a blue-green paste made from crushed quartz or sand and often substituted for the more precious turquoise or lapis lazuli. Art Review: Partnerships and Power Shifts Between Two Mighty Lands 2011-03-24T22:13:08Z In the recommendation for listing, English Heritage inspectors said: "The distinctive red faience facades are instantly recognisable and count among the most iconic of London building types." Sixteen London Underground stations get listed status 2011-07-26T15:07:11Z He used classic Leeds red brick with Portland stonework and tiles from the Leeds Fire Clay Company, the successor to the famous Burmantofts faience firm. The fight is on to save Gipton fire station - a 1930s gem in east Leeds 2012-10-09T14:00:00Z But what about the cute little faience hippo in the same vitrine? In ‘African Origin’ Show at Met, New Points of Light Across Cultures 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Though an Egyptian invention, faience became an important status symbol for the Nubian elite and was locally produced. Art Review: Partnerships and Power Shifts Between Two Mighty Lands 2011-03-24T22:13:08Z The pharaoh is deep turquoise — the color of Egyptian faience — as is the wall behind him, which is incised with hieroglyphs. What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in June 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z The site contains a large number of ovens and kilns for making glass and faience, along with the debris of thousands of statues, said Betsy Bryan, a specialist of Amenhotep III’s reign. Archaeologists unearth 'ancient Egyptian Pompeii' near Luxor 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z There was the Tashkent metro, 22 miles long, with majestic stations — several hung with three-tiered chandeliers — including one tiled in futuristic blue faience, dedicated exclusively to space exploration. In Uzbekistan, Coming to Terms With the Country’s Dazzling History 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z A faience, or ceramic box, with the name of Pharaoh Tuthmose II written in hieroglyphics, was also discovered nearby. Mysterious ancient Egyptian box containing goose egg may lead to Pharaoh’s tomb 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z Among the finds in the tomb were sarcophagi, statues and some 1,000 funerary figurines called ushabtis, made of wood, faience and clay. Mummified woman dating back 3,000 years unveiled in Egypt 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z The royal figurine is made of faience, a glass-like material that was popular in jewellery and small human and animal figurines in ancient Egypt and the Near East. 3,000-year-old sculpture leaves researchers scratching their heads 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z Some were made of a glazed ceramic called faience, like this one. King Tut: The Teen Whose Death Rocked Egypt 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Even a thumb-size bit of blue faience, which once served to identify a pharoah’s papyrus scrolls, impresses with its beautiful color and craftsmanship. | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Echoes of Egypt’ Exhibition, at Yale Peabody Museum 2013-07-06T00:36:11Z Now and then you come upon an old fountain of stained marble and dim faience about which men are squatting on their haunches to wash their faces and hands and their carefully bared arms. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z We understand by this, the manner in which they have stood the dangerous competition arising from the introduction of artistic faiences or painted majolica. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z The name of Delft is most intimately associated with the manufacture of the beautiful faience pottery for which it was once famous. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z He talked about various schemes to improve matters at the Boulogne Ceramics Company, and said he would go to Italy to copy some old faience. My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z The dining-room was to be in bright green tiles, the adjoining room in faience; of others we did not talk, for Tola's shoestring was loose, and she went to the next room to tie it. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z The wall of the arcade gleams with lustrous faience, purple and red, azure and milk-white, and with patterns of great flowers with green centers and turquoise leaves. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z Several kinds of faience are distinguished by critics. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z The luxurious arts flourished everywhere; sculpture in alabaster, faience, gilt woodwork, metal work, stamped leather, much music, magnificent painting, beautiful printing and bindings, fine crockery, fine vintages. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z The Horus eye is a beautiful piece of faience inlaid with stone and glass, probably of Dynasty XIX. Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 2011-02-15T03:00:17.853Z The composition of the substance enamel which is used upon metal does not vary to any great extent from the enamels employed upon pottery and faience. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Just beyond them I came into the court of the mosque, and found myself in the midst of a crowd of pilgrims before the tomb of Abu Eyub, which is covered with gilding and faience. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z True faience is made of a yellowish or ruddy earth, covered with an enamel which is usually white, but may be coloured. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z The only thing that was old was the historical stove of faience, bearing the signature of Master Hugelin of Strasburg, and of which M. Bastian was as proud as if it had been a treasure. The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z A beautiful thin faience with remarkable metallic glazes is made here. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z Then he laid a plate of faience ware and a horn-handled knife and fork, together with an old-fashioned silver spoon, first wiping each article on a corner of the table-cloth. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z Two Japanese hawthorn vases sat on teak-wood stands and a corner held a glass cabinet containing a collection of small ivories and faience. The Valiants of Virginia The exportation of the Delft ware to Germany occasioned the rise of numerous factories in that country for making faience in imitation of the Dutch. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" Blue faience basin with green, red, and blue floral decoration. Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology The later ushebti-figures, little statuettes of wood, stone or faience, of which several hundreds are often found in a single tomb, are confused survivals of both of the earlier classes of statuettes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" The town carries on considerable manufactures of faience, pottery and porcelain. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" Here too were found the repositories of an early shrine containing exquisite faience figures and reliefs, including a snake goddess—another aspect of the native divinity—and her votaries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" The XXVIth Dynasty marks a new period of development in the history of Egyptian faience. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" This was covered with slabs of faience coated with coloured glazes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" I have seen some bits of Italian faience indeed—but English pottery is not like Italian, any more than English skies.” Phoebe, Junior A cabinet of old white Bennington faience stood against a wall, which was further adorned with three or four etchings of Sears Gallagher’s. The Dust Flower By the close of this period a manufactory of fine faience was attached to the palace of Cnossus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" This is the largest known piece of Egyptian glazed faience; really large vases of faience are not found. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" It was a piece of faience decorated in the best taste. Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas To the Muromachi epoch belongs also the first manufacture of faience, as distinguished from unglazed pottery, and of porcelain, as distinguished from earthenware. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era The sage-green walls were thickly hung with photographs, watercolors, charcoal sketches, miniatures, bits of faience, lacquered trays and discs, and great shining circles of Syrian and Benares metalwork. A Little Country Girl There is also the famous "violon de faience" to be seen. The Story of Rouen It has more variety of colour than the glazed faience, light green and a dark indigo blue being found as well as the Saite light blue. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" Margaret longed to tell her that she knew where the bit of blue faience had been found on the day when it was lost in the hut. There was a King in Egypt This faience was a ware of natural cream-colored clay, and upon it was tooled a flat design the hollows of which were filled in with darker clays that were afterward covered with a lead glaze. The Story of Porcelain The sculptured forms were gilded and painted, and, in some cases, might almost be taken for figures in faience, so high was the polish. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Above this is glass tile or glazed tile, and above the tile is a faience or terra-cotta cornice. The New York Subway Its Construction and Equipment The only remarkable later development of Palestinian pottery is the Phoenician imitation of Egyptian faience of the Saite period, of which the characteristics are well known. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" She picked up the eye of blue faience from the brass tray with well-assumed delight. There was a King in Egypt Among other kinds she named some choice bits of "faience." The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) But I must tell you that when the French came to manufacture majolica, most of which by that time was made in the little Italian town of Faenza, they called the ware faience, after it. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 2, December, 1877 The Japanese articles in the room were gems of faience and lacquer work. The Stowmarket Mystery Or, A Legacy of Hate Egyptian objects in faience became a common import into Greek cities, such as those of Rhodes, and to a less degree in Sardinia and southern Italy, through the commercial medium of the Phoenicians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" The jets of water came from a large ball of blue faience resting on the top of a slender spiral column. There was a King in Egypt And you know—as I have learned since, as she knew all the time,—that 'faience' is used as a generic term! The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) They ennobled the simplest of iron work, the commonest faience, the most ordinary chests and coffers. Là-bas It was cumbered like an antique-shop with alabaster busts on pedestals, dusty palms in faience vases, and trophies of spears and shields and assegais. Widdershins In the matter of form the faience pottery of the New Empire follows the lead of the new earthenware types. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" A thousand thoughts had flashed through his mind when he first saw the amazing display of jewels and faience and gold, the resplendent queen, whose royal magnificence had mocked at time. There was a King in Egypt His still-life pictures are particularly interesting owing to the spotless brilliancy of their colours, the straightforwardness of the tones, and the originality of certain shades analogous to those of old faience. The French Impressionists (1860-1900) Majolica, a kind of enamelled pottery imported into Italy from Majorca, known also as faience from its manufacture at Faenza, and applied also to vessels made of coloured clay in imitation. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge They were islanders, just as at the Bodega, with cold faience eyes, crimson complexions, thoughtful or haughty airs. Against the Grain With its general adoption the old French faience, developed from the Italian stock, departed, to make way for a tin-enamelled imitation of famille-rose porcelain. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" He described Freddy, strikingly distinguishable in his white flannels, greedily picking up jewels and gold and bits of blue faience and stowing them away into boxes by the light of an electric torch. There was a King in Egypt Bracquemond had the faculty of employing the faience colors so well that she produced a clearness and richness not attained by other artists. Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. SE. of Bologna; noted for its manufacture of majolica ware, known from the name of the town as "faience." The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Objects of all sorts, crystal, china, faience, porcelain, flew through the air. The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution The pieces are usually decorated in blue with patterns in the Rouen style and were evidently painted by an expert faience painter. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" In one corner stood a Mongolian monster, a green and gold dragon of porcelain resting on a valuable faience pedestal—a bit of ancient Cathay set down in the heart of London. The Four Faces A Mystery Moustier was famous at the close of the seventeenth and beginning of the eighteenth century for its faience, with elegant designs and good colouring. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe Bears with ragged staffs stand guard over a plate of modern faience, as they do over the gates of Warwick Castle. Manners and Social Usages The earlier lusters of the Italian faience were guild privacies or individual secrets, as was almost all the craft of the earlier art-worker. Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881 Other reports dealt with steel scrap, phosphorus, faience, and so forth, and by tabulated figures set off the total of losses and gains. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 It contained an admirable collection of furniture, pictures, wood carvings, and faience. The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar My friends," said that clear voice from the turret of Nurnberg faience, "I have listened to all you have said. Bimbi We have not entered into the vast field of glass, china, porcelain, cloisonn, Dresden, faience jugs, boxes, plates, bottles, and vases, which are all used as favors. Manners and Social Usages I can not find my article on faience. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters The latter exist by the thousand, to be sure, but they are generally small statuettes, a few inches high, in bronze, wood, or faience. A History of Greek Art He brought me a lovely tropical parrot in faience, of Dresden ware, also a man ploughing, and two mice climbing up a stalk, also in faience. Women in Love There is no faience as in the mosques of Turkey or of Iran. Egypt (La Mort de Philae) The marquis felt so secure, that he only listened with partial attention, looking all the time aside at his precious faiences. Within an Inch of His Life Your old George Sand Did you receive my pamphlets on the faience? The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters When one's as pretty as she one can afford—well, quite cheap faience. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 Let not your curiosity induce you, however, to pass by a modest white villa which overlooks the stream, enclosed in a fresh little court; for here dwells an artist, - an artist in faience. A Little Tour in France The dinner-service of faience, decorated with raised colored figures, in the manner of Bernard Palissy, came from the English manufactory of Wedgwood. The Alkahest He might get to know lords, but, as my uncle pointed out, a lord's requirements in his line of faience were little greater than a common man's. The New Machiavelli Your old Gustave Flaubert I shall have the package of pamphlets about faience sent to the rue des Feuillantines. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters Next week I am going to Palaiseau and I shall hunt up my book on faience. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters |
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