Chinese Ceramics

Chinese ceramics, a form of fine art dating back to ancient times, ranges from construction materials such as bricks, tiles and hand-built pottery vessels fired in bonfires or kilns to the sophisticated porcelain wares created for the Imperial Court. It gradually became the key commodity in China's [...]
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Chinese ceramics, a form of fine art dating back to ancient times, ranges from construction materials such as bricks, tiles and hand-built pottery vessels fired in bonfires or kilns to the sophisticated porcelain wares created for the Imperial Court. It gradually became the key commodity in China's export trade and gained so much popularity across the world that it has, in English, become known by the name of its motherland: 'china'. Covering the entire history of Chinese ceramics, from ancient times to the Qing dynasty, this is a great volume.