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Guangcai, which comes from the nearby Chinese city of Guangzhou, is characterized by an overglaze technique in which the painter sketches a design on white porcelain and then fills it in with color using thin brushes before firing the piece in a kiln.

“It’s a very traditional process called overglaze painting, sometimes called China painting,” he said.

Lauria says that's slowly changing as more people begin to appreciate his legacy, which was to contemporize and popularize the use of overglaze enamels.

Of particular note is a series of 83 tiny hand-modeled pots by English ceramist Natasha Daintry and monumental porcelain vases with beautiful detailing in overglaze enamel by the Bath-based Felicity Aylieff.

The vases are famille rose—a group of Chinese porcelains painted with shades of opaque pink overglaze.