23.3cm กม 31.2cm,     

217 pages, 1996.

ISBN 

7-119-00752-1

Published by Foreign Languages Press Beijing, China

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 Pottery Comes into People's Lives; Neolithic Pottery
Section 1 The Introduction of pottery

Section 2 The making of Pottery

Section 3 Fine Pottery of Ancient China

Chapter 2 Pottery from the Shang and Zhou to the Qin and Han Dynasties

Section 1 Pottery of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties

Section Pottery from the warring States Period to the Han Dynasty

Section 3 Qin and Han Dynasty Pottery Sculpture

Chapter 3 Invention and Refinement of Porcelain

Section 1 Porcelain's Beginnings

Section 2 Celadon Becomes a Prime Product

Section 3 Porcelain's Advance in the Three Kingdoms, the Jin Dynasty and the Southern and Northern Dynasties

Chapter 4 Ceramics Flourish in the Sui and Tang Dynasties and the Period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms

Section 1 Sui Dynasty Porcelain

Section 2 Development of Celadon in Tang

Section 3 White Porcelain in the Tang Dynasty

Section 4 Tang Dynasty Black-Glazed Porcelain and Porcelain with Coloured Splashes

Section 5 The Superb Tri-Colour Pottery of Tang

Section 6 Pottery and Porcelain in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period

Chapter 5 The Art of Porcelain n the Song and Yuan Dynasties

Section 1 Ceramic Production Reaches a New Level in Song

Section 2 Famous Schools of Song Dynasty Porcelain

Section 3 Innovations in Yuan Dynasty Porcelain

Chapter 6 Pottery and Porcelain of the Liao and Kin Dynasties

Section 1 A Look at Liao Porcelain

Section 2 Kin Dynasty Pottery and Porcelain

Chapter 7 Ceramic Craftsmanship Excels in the Ming and Qing Dynasties

Section 1 Ming Dynasty Porcelain Ware

Section Porcelain Craftsmanship in the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 8 Decline of Chinese Porcelain in the Hundred Years Before Liberation

Section 1 Period of Ceramic Handicraft Decline in Feudal Society

Section 2 China's National Ceramic Industry in Troubled Times

Section 3 Management Gains in Ceramic Production

Chapter 9 Ceramic Art in Contemporary China

Chapter 10 Chinese Pottery and Porcelain in World Culture

Section 1 Export of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain Wares

Section 2 The Art of Chinese Porcelain Goes Abroad

Appendixes:

Description of Articles

Chronology of Chinese Dynasties

Reigning Periods of the Ming and Qing Dynasties

Selected Bibliography

Index