Ancient Chinese Pottery

Back at Rough Point, the Stone House on Newport’s Cliff Walk, I have been inside the house making watercolor paintings of the interior. This ancient Chinese pottery is beautiful and covered with relief patterns that look surprisingly modern. Look up Yuan Dynasty black glazed pottery for a similar example. Beside it is a more modern western chair, English, from at least 300 years later. I am struggling to make the watercolor medium work for me. This at least got the spirit of the pottery, if little else.

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