Tz'u-chou

noun

(ˈ)(t)sü¦jō

plural -s

: a Chinese pottery made in Honan province during the Sung period and having usually a cream-colored glaze over a buff or gray body

Word History

Etymology

from Tz'u-chou, district in southern Hopeh province, northeast China

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