China Folk Arts Series: Chinese Ceramics

Title: China Folk Arts Series: Chinese Ceramics

Author/Editor: Mao Mao

ISBN: 9787508512112

Publisher: China Intercontinental Press

Print Time: 2008-01-01

Version: English Version

Others: Paperback; 1/24; 101 Pages; 341 g

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Description:
Beginning from the Neolithic Banpo Culture, China's ceramic industry has a history of over 6,000years. The earliest Neolithid earthenware with very few adornments mainly falls into three categories: storing, boiling and drinking vessels. By the late Neolithic Age, carving decorative patterns on the surface of earthen-ware became a common practice, and the burnished black pottery of the Longshan Culture~, which is as thin as eggshell, represents the highest technological level of baking earthenware at that time.

The earliest glazed pottery appeared during the Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1100 BC). Three achievements had been made in this period. Firstly, the combustion chamber, originally on one side, was built directly below the oven where earthen items were placed, thus heating the oven to a temperature of 118000. Secondly, as a result of the raised temperature, the white pottery made of kaolin and decorated with exquisite geometric and tao-tie~ designs were successfully baked. Finally, tile. invention of lime glaze had greatly improved the pottery's impervious, antifouling property.

Content:
Neolithic Pottery
Han Dynasty: A Leap from Pottery to Porcelain
Pottery and Porcelain of the Wei, Jin, Northern and Southern Dynasties
Pottery and Porcelain of the Sui and Tang Dynasties
Pottery and Porcelain of the Song Dynasty
Pottery and Porcelain of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties
Pottery and Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty
Modern Ceramics