White-Glazed Jar with Hidden Design
Cleveland Museum of Art

White-Glazed Jar with Hidden Design

1500s–1600s

Porcelain with sweet-white (tianbai; 甜白) glaze
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

<em>Tianbai</em>, or sweet-white glaze, was developed to accommodate the Yongle emperor’s (reigned 1403–24) preference for white ceramics.

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