China is richly endowed with the raw materials needed for making
ceramics. Chinese discovered and mastered the techniques of porcelain
first. Ceramic products are not only an important cultural heritage of
human civilization; they are still very much a part of everyone's lives,
and in a very lively and colorful way. A beautifully crafted and
tastefully formed ceramic piece not only is a fruit of the technology
and craft of its times, it also records the bits of history and life.
Sometimes, it can even carry paintings, poetry, calligraphy, sculpture
all on its tiny body; or serve as a medium of information for society.
About Author Fang
Lili holds a PhD from the Department of Art History at the Central
Academy of Art and Design. She completed her post-doctoral research at
the Anthropology Research Institute of Peking University under the
tutelage of Mr. Fei Xiaotong. She is currently director of the Art
Anthropology Center at China Art Research Institute and vice president,
research fellow and doctoral advisor of the Chinese Culture Research
Institute at China Art Research Institute. She is also a member of the
National Intangible Cultural Heritage Preservation Experts Committee and
president of China Art Anthropology Society. In addition to art
anthropology research and education, she is also dedicated to the
preservation of cultural heritage. In recent years, she has completed a
significant number of field investigations and written various books.A
Table of Contents
Preface The Primitive Types of Ceramics Primitive Colored Pottery Black Earthenware White Pottery and Primitive Porcelain The Terracotta Warriors and Clay Sculptures of the Qin and Han Millennia Celadon Porcelain Yue Wares Deqing Wares Longquan Wares Yaozhou Wares The Tri-Color Glazed Porcelain The Age of Porcelain The Five Great Kilns Blue and White Wares (Qinghua Ci) Wucai Porcelain Fencai Porcelain Zisha the Taste of Tea Export Ware of the Ming and Qing Dynasties The Trade of the Artisans Contemporary Chinese Ceramics Appendix: Chronological Table of the Chinese Dynasties
