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**This book provides a condensed, comprehensible, but complete overview of the history of Chinese porcelain.** By studying the most notable characteristics of porcelain in different periods throughout history, it explores the evolution of the great kilns, and describes the influence of factors such as social and economic development, political change, and foreign cultures. Each one of these affected porcelain's shapes, uses, colors, styles, patterns, and other features in unique ways. __An Illustrated Brief History of Chinese Porcelain__ explains the cultural implications and the aesthetic and philosophical concepts which underlie the porcelain we know today. The origins of Chinese porcelain lie as far back as the Shang (1600–1050BCE) and Zhou (1046–256BCE) dynasties. One of the treasures of Chinese civilization, porcelain was first fashioned in the five great kiln-sites at the beginning of the second millennium, then evolved to form the splendid blue-and-white of the Yuan, before reaching its apogee in the Ming (1368–1644AD) and Qing (1644–1912AD) dynasties. __An Illustrated Brief History of Chinese Porcelain__ makes extensive use of archeological material from excavations at hist

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Author

Guimei, Yang

Publisher

Shanghai Translation Publishing House; Shanghai Press

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9781602201736

Category

collectibles

Subjects

Crafts & Hobbies, Lifestyle

Rating

4.4 / 5 (10 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14