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In an imaginative reversal of Asian blue-on-white porcelain, these English earthenwares feature delicate white painting on a dark blue background. Called bleu persan, this technique was developed by French potters who were inspired by the dark opaque glazes of ancient Persian pottery. In England, this evocative blue ground was decorated most often with the "Chinese Figure" pattern, adding a Far Eastern motif to a Near Eastern glaze.