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~~Part Three~~ Chinese Ceramics

Pottery emerged in the prehistorically Neolithic period when human beings started to have a settled life and use fire for living. The phenomenon that burnt mud or clay becomes harder enlightened people to make their daily ustensils with mud or clay by firing.


Pottery and Porcelain, major differences...

Pottery: material: ordinary clay with iron content higher than 3%; temperature: below 1000°C; glaze: with low-temperature glaze or no glaze.

Porcelain: material: porcelain stone and clay with iron content lower than 3%; temperature: above 1200°C; glaze: with over 1200°C high temperature glaze.

Red pottery jar with a deep belley (6000~5200 B.C.)




White glazed pottery figurine of woman blowing Xiao (flute) (Sui dynasty, A.D. 581~618)


Polychrome-glazed pottery of the Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618-907)




Foliated dish with underglaze blue design of melons, bamboo and grapes (Yuan Dynasty, A.D. 1271~1368)





Jar with underglaze blue design of clouds and dragons (middle 15th century)


Underglaze blue statue of man blowing a conch on an animal (Wanli Reign (A.D. 1573~1620), Ming Dynasty)



[atelier de poterie reconstitué]