• Chinese Ceramics (English Edition): A History of Elegance – From Primitive Pottery to Contemporary Art
  • Chinese Ceramics (English Edition): A History of Elegance – From Primitive Pottery to Contemporary Art
  • Chinese Ceramics (English Edition): A History of Elegance – From Primitive Pottery to Contemporary Art
  • Chinese Ceramics (English Edition): A History of Elegance – From Primitive Pottery to Contemporary Art
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Chinese Ceramics (English Edition): A History of Elegance – From Primitive Pottery to Contemporary Art

Chinese Ceramics (English Edition): A History of Elegance – From Primitive Pottery to Contemporary Art

From Painted Pottery and Terracotta Warriors to Celadon, Tang Sancai, the Five Great Kilns, Blue-and-White, Zisha and Export Ware — How Chinese Potters Turned Earth, Water and Fire into a 10,000-Year Tradition of Beauty
This is not a price guide for collectors, and it is not a technical manual of kiln temperatures and glaze recipes. It is a book about how Chinese ceramics became one of the world’s great art traditions—and it tells that story through the objects themselves. You move from painted pottery and black earthenware, through the terracotta army buried with the First Emperor, the jade-green celadons that were traded across oceans, the three-colour splendour of the Tang, the quiet perfection of Song dynasty Ru, Guan, Ge, Jun and Ding wares, the blue-and-white that conquered the world, and the unglazed purple clay of Yixing teapots. The final chapters follow ceramics into the modern era and the export trade that carried Chinese porcelain to Europe, the Middle East, and beyond. If you want to understand Chinese ceramics as a continuous story of taste, technique, and beauty—rather than read an auction catalogue or a materials science textbook—this is it.
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Chinese Ceramics: A History of Elegance offers international readers an accessible and visually rich introduction to one of China’s most enduring artistic traditions. Authored by Fang Lili (方李莉), a noted scholar in the field, this volume is part of the Cultural China Series—a collection designed to present the breadth and depth of Chinese culture to a global audience-2.

This English-language edition traces the historical development of Chinese ceramics, covering the emergence of early pottery, the refinement of firing techniques, the celebrated wares of successive dynasties, and the far-reaching influence of China‘s ceramic trade and cultural exchange abroad-1. With its clear narrative and rich illustrations, the book serves as both an informative overview for general readers and a useful reference for those with a deeper interest in Chinese art and history.

Key Features

  • English Edition: Full text in English, suitable for international readers and collectors.

  • Illustrated Throughout: Includes color illustrations and photographs of notable ceramics-1.

  • Scholarly Yet Accessible: Written by an expert author with a focus on readability.

  • Cultural China Series: Part of a respected series on Chinese culture, with rights licensed to multiple countries

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