- Peking enamel
- 1. пекинская эмаль2. роспись по эмали
English-Russian architecture dictionary. 2015.
English-Russian architecture dictionary. 2015.
Peking man — the skeletal remains of Homo erectus, formerly classified as Sinanthropus pekinensis, found at Zhoukoudian, near Peking, China, in the late 1930s and early 1940s and subsequently lost during World War II. * * * ▪ anthropology extinct hominin of… … Universalium
Canton enamel — Chinese enamelware similar to Limoges. [1905 10; after CANTON, China] * * * Chinese painted enamel, so named for the principal place of its manufacture, Canton. Painted enamel techniques were originally developed in Limoges, Fr., from about … Universalium
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