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This type of glaze was called <i>chuiqing</i> or 'blown blue' in China, and known as <i>bleu soufflé</i> or <i>fouetté</i> in Europe. The name derives from the particular technique required to apply the glaze on the surface: the powdered cobalt was blown through a bamboo cane that had a fine gauze at one of the extremities.\r\n\r\nObjects with powder-blue glaze were produced since the late 17th century, and by the early 18th century fine gilded decorations of flowers, landscapes and symbolic motifs were added on the surface. 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