"Chinaware" redirects here. For general information about the material, see Porcelain.
a pair of complementary flasks from Yongle period (1402–1424) in the Ming dynasty
Chinese ceramics show a continuous development since pre-dynastic times and are one of the most significant forms of Chinese art and ceramics globally. The first pottery was made during the Palaeolithic era. Chinese ceramics range from construction materials such as bricks and tiles, to hand-built pottery vessels fired in bonfires or kilns, to the sophisticated Chinese porcelain wares made for the imperial court and for export. Porcelain was a Chinese invention and is so identified with China that it is still called "china" in everyday English usage.
Pair of famille rose vases with landscapes of the four seasons, 1760–1795
Most later Chinese ceramics, even of the finest quality, were made on an industrial scale, thus few names of individual potters were recorded. Many of the most important kiln workshops were owned by or reserved for the emperor, and large quantities of Chinese export porcelain were exported as diplomatic gifts or for trade from an early date, initially to East Asia and the Islamic world, and then from around the 16th century to Europe. Chinese ceramics have had an enormous influence on other ceramic traditions in these areas.
Increasingly over their long history, Chinese ceramics can be classified between those made for the imperial court to use or distribute, those made for a discriminating Chinese market, and those for popular Chinese markets or for export. Some types of wares were also made only or mainly for special uses such as burial in tombs, or for use on altars.
Chineseceramics show a continuous development since pre-dynastic times and are one of the most significant forms of Chinese art and ceramics globally...
AD, Japanese ceramics have often been influenced by the artistic sensibilities of neighbouring East Asian civilizations such as Chinese and Korean-style...
temperature. Common examples are earthenware, porcelain, and brick. The earliest ceramics made by humans were brick walls used for building houses and other structures...
including long before Chinese domination, as archeological evidence supports. Much of Vietnamese pottery and ceramics after the Chinese-domination era was...
peak of Chineseceramics, though the large and more exuberantly painted ceramics of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) have a wider reputation. Chinese emperors...
Dictionary of Ceramics; 3rd edition. The Institute of Minerals, 1994. Medley, Margaret, The Chinese Potter: A Practical History of ChineseCeramics, p. 13,...
2008-06-27. Vainker, 66 Te-k'un, Cheng (1984). Studies in Chineseceramics. Hong Kong: Chinese University Press. pp. 92–93. ISBN 978-962-201-308-7. Archived...
13028 The Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art (abbreviated as the PDF) holds a collection of Chineseceramics and related items assembled by Percival...
Chinese art, and much of the finest work was produced in large workshops or factories by essentially unknown artists, especially in Chineseceramics....
millennium BCE. Much of Thai pottery and ceramics in the later centuries was influenced by Chineseceramics, but has always remained distinct by mixing...
Ceramic glaze, or simply glaze, is a glassy coating on ceramics. It is used for decoration, to ensure the item is impermeable to liquids and to minimise...
a scholar and collector of Chineseceramics. His collection of Chineseceramics in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art is regarded as the world's...
Holdings (formerly ChinaCeramics Co., Ltd.) was founded in 1993 and now based in Jinjiang city, Fujian province of China. ChinaCeramics involves in the...
been developed around the world in different time periods, such as Chineseceramics and Native American pottery. In the pottery of ancient Greece "vase-painting"...
the 15th-century Chinese occupation of Vietnam (1407–27) is considered to be the main period of Chinese influence on Vietnamese ceramics. During this period...
The Shuili Snake Kiln Ceramics Cultural Park (traditional Chinese: 水里蛇窯陶藝文化園區; simplified Chinese: 水里蛇窑陶艺文化园区; pinyin: Shìlín Zhǐ Chǎng) is a ceramic...
for non-Western markets are covered by the term depends on context. Chineseceramics made mainly for export go back to the Tang dynasty if not earlier,...
century Chineseceramics began to be exported to Korea in the 3rd century. During the Goryeo period (918–1392) there was high demand for Chinese porcelain...
more conventional timber structures. Like the Great Mosque in Demak, Chineseceramics are embedded into the plastered walls. The squat split-gates with pyramidal...
collections of Chineseceramics. The earliest material is Neolithic (4th–2nd millennium BC), including decorated funerary vessels. Han Dynasty ceramics (206 BC-AD...
century. This influence of Chinese ceramics has to be viewed in the broader context of the considerable importance of Chinese culture on Islamic arts in general...
Chinese culture (simplified Chinese: 中华文化; traditional Chinese: 中華文化; pinyin: Zhōnghuá wénhuà) is one of the world's oldest cultures, originating thousands...
various projects. An avid collector, he was fond of modern painting and Chineseceramics. He was proclaimed a National Artist of the Philippines for Architecture...
Islamic pottery occupied a geographical position between Chineseceramics, and the pottery of the Byzantine Empire and Europe. For most of the period,...
where sang de boeuf glaze in the color is a classic ceramic glaze in Chineseceramics. The name is often used in fashion, especially for shoes. The term...
Ru ware, Ju ware, or "Ru official ware" (Chinese: 汝窯) is a famous and extremely rare type of Chinese pottery from the Song dynasty, produced for the imperial...
meeting the Chinese but not the European definitions of porcelain. For many centuries, celadon wares were highly regarded by the Chinese imperial court...
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