Traditional Chinese Ceramics

Chinese pottery also called chinese ceramics objects made of clay and hardened by heat.

Traditional chinese ceramics. Nowhere in the world has pottery assumed such importance as in china and the influence of chinese porcelain on later european pottery has been profound. The history of chinese ceramics began some eight thousand years ago with the crafting of hand molded earthenware. There are two primary categories of chinese ceramics low temperature fired pottery or táo 陶 about 950 1200 and high temperature fired porcelain or cí 瓷 about 1250 1400. The first pottery was made during the palaeolithic era.

Named after the city it was mainly sourced from the chinese art of making pottery ware has been very much envied and admired internationally since its discovery by the western world. Chinese ceramics show a continuous development since pre dynastic times and are one of the most significant forms of chinese art and ceramics globally. Famed for its delicacy and intricacy the tradition of ceramic ware and porcelain has been ingrained in the development of chinese culture. Neolithic sung dynasty 6000 b c.

More than any other material fired clay has served the needs and satisfied the aesthetic tastes of all segments of society in nearly every culture on earth. In chinese art the depiction of young boys at play is considered a sign of good fortune representing the blessing of having many sons to carry on the family name. As an art form only ceramics cover the entire forty five century span of chinese history. Earthenware stoneware and porcelain particularly those made in china.