CHAPTER 02  ·  THE GLAZE OF ICHAN KALA
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Why the wall reads cool, not warm

1
Jade-turquoise carries the field, never plain teal
The ground is dense floral mosaic on saturated jade — flat single fills would betray the glaze.
2
Cobalt bloom, not Bukhara ochre
Deep and mid blues pull the Khorezm palette greener — we hold the line against any warm drift.
3
White is linework, the mosaic's tracery
Ivory outlines the vegetal scroll and girih bands — it never becomes the page beneath.
4
The glaze shifts as the sun crosses
A glassy sheen rides the Kalta Minor's squat drum — saturation, never pale wash, makes it move.
Kalta Atelier
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