- Look up
parian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Parian or
Parián may
refer to:
Pertaining to Paros, the Gr**** island:
Parian marble, a
stone quarried...
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Parian marble is a fine-grained, semi translucent, and pure-white
marble quarried during the
classical era on the Gr****
island of
Paros in the
Aegean Sea...
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Pariáns were
districts of
cities in the
Spanish East Indies,
particularly in the
Philippines or
Chinese trading settlements in
Spanish Formosa, during...
- The
Parian Chronicle or
Parian Marble (Latin:
Marmor Parium, abbr. Mar. Par.) is a Gr**** chronology,
covering the
years from 1582 BC to 299 BC, inscribed...
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Parián or Pantin, also
Parián de
Arroceros was an area
adjacent to
Intramuros at its east
built to
house Sangley (Chinese)
merchants in
Manila in the...
- "
Parian" is a term
misapplied to a type of
bisque shoulder head
dolls manufactured primarily in
Germany in the last
quarter of the 19th century, from around...
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Parian ware is a type of
biscuit porcelain imitating marble. It was
developed around 1845 by the
Staffordshire pottery manufacturer Mintons, and named...
- the
Parián de
Manila (or
simply Parián or the Alcaicería),
named after the silk
trading district of
Manila in
Spanish Philippines. The
Parián was a...
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illusionistic veil, a
specialism of his. A bust
based on this work and cast in
Parian porcelain by Copeland,
entitled "The Bride" but
often known as "The Veiled...
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Paros was
known for its fine
white marble,
which gave rise to the term
Parian to
describe marble or
china of
similar qualities. Today,
working marble...
