Keeping it real for 5,000 years.

To see the 5,000 year story, from neolithic to 1800s, just look at the surfaces and glazes:

In 5,000 years the bodies went from earthenware to stoneware to porcelain and the surfaces went from incised and cold painted to burnished then lead glazed, iron glazed (white, green, brown and black) then underglaze blue to many colored enamels.

In the broadest possible terms , that’s the Technology Timeline of this 5,000 year story. To understand Chinese ceramics, keep this technology timeline in mind and look at another: the Dynastic Timeline. Chinese ceramics are often organized this way. But for b From these two timelines, you’ll be able to see the whole story, and place many or most pieces you come across in it.

Monochromes: China, Song Dynasty 單色釉, 宋金代

Dehua and Fujian Kilns: China, Song-Yuan Dynasties 德化跟福建窯，宋元代

Chinese for Eastern Export : Qing Dynasty 東方外銷瓷，清代

Cizhou Kilns: China, Song-Jin-Yuan-Ming Dynasties 磁州窯，宋金元明代

Japanese Enamels: Edo and Meiji 日本彩色釉，江戸明治

Bronze: Nepal, China, Japan, also Scythia 銅器 : 尼泊爾，中國，日本，還有斯基泰

Chinese Blue and White: Ming Dynasty 青花瓷，明代

Early Chinese Stoneware: Warring States and Han Dynasty 石陶早期，周漢代

Chinese Early Earthenware: Late Neolithic 早期陶器，晚新石器時代

China: Late Qing Dynasty 晚清

Korean: Antique and Vintage

Japanese Vintage Stoneware 日本陶瓷， 20 世紀