leiwen

decorative arts

Also known as: cloud-and-thunder fret

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In pottery: China
The leiwen, however, which resembles the Greek key fret (an ornament consisting of small, straight bars intersecting one another in right angles) and is sometimes used on the later ceramic wares, appears on bronzes as early as the Shang and Zhou dynasties, where it is called…
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In Chinese pottery: Marks and decoration on Chinese pottery
The leiwen, however, which resembles the Greek key fret (an ornament consisting of small, straight bars intersecting one another at right angles) and is sometimes used on the later ceramic wares, appears on bronzes as early as the Shang and Zhou dynasties, where it is called…
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