A great part of the history of pottery is prehistoric, part of past pre- literate cultures. Therefore, much of this history can only be found among the artifacts of archaelogy. Because pottery is so durable, pottery and sherds from pottery survive from millenia at archaeological sites. Therefore, one must look to articles on archaeology to learn of the very early history of pottery.
Not all societies developed pottery at the same time or pace. Pottery generally developed in societies after they became sedentary, with the development of farming, during the Neolithic age. However, pottery has been found with Paleolithic cultures as well and for other cultures that not fully settled.
While there may be no specific articles devoted to some aspects of the history of pottery, pottery is referenced in general histories and descriptions of living cultures. It is also covered in histories of art.
Pottery is defined, for purposes of this article, as fired ceramic vessels -- hollow containers, bowls, cups, etc., including dishes -- that are formed from clay. Clay Figurines and Tiles are not considered pottery by some definitions. However, the history of figurines and tiles are closely related to that of pottery. Therefore, some articles devoted to these will be included in this outline. However, fired clay construction materials like bricks and Terracotta tiles will not be covered.
For the most part, this list will not include the following, unless one is particularly notable
Types of Pottery Making -- Need a good review article here
History of Terracotta (not much here)
History of Stoneware
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Category:Stoneware)
NOTE: the following articles are from the Category Stoneware -- see if they have history sections
History of Soft-paste porcelain
Methods of Pottery Making -- Need a good review article here
NOTE: the follwing are a few miscellany articles from
Category:Ceramics
Carrigaline Pottery-
Colonoware-
Dolium (Large Roman storage container)-
Epoxy glazing (modern form of glazing)-
Green body-
Islamic stone-paste-
Kalu Khani Thalee (used in vilages of Swabi district of Pakastan)-
Martensite-
Ceramic materials-
Rehydroxylation dating (used in archaeology for dating pottery)-
ceramic flux-
Secondary Flux (a type of ceramic flux used in pottery)-
Studio pottery-
Tin-glazed pottery
Note: the following are a miscellaneous mix
Overview -- Ceramic forming techniques
Tin-glazed pottery -- overview of history and variants of tin-glazed pottery
Types
References to Kilns
NOTE: Is there a "history" of forms of pottery? is this section meaningful?? >>>Need summary
Archaeological finds of Amphora
The Fertile Crescent is a crescent-shaped region containing the comparatively moist and fertile land of otherwise arid and semi-arid Western Asia. The region has been called the cradle of civilization; because it saw the development of many of the earliest human civilizations.
Corpus vasorum antiquorum -- (abbreviated CVA) is an international research project for ceramic documentation of the classical area. Published catalog of Greek and Roman Pottery
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Category:Minoan vase painting
Category:Types of pottery decoration
Category:Ancient Greek pottery -- Category:Ancient Greek pottery
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--- Category:Ancient Greek pot shapes -- Typology of Greek vase shapes (Good introduction to Greek pot shapes)- Alabastron- Amphora- Panathenaic amphora- Aryballos- Askos (pottery vessel)- Cotyla- Dinos- Epinetron- Fish plate- Frying pans- Hydria- Kantharos- Kernos- Krater- Kyathos- Kylix (drinking cup)- Lebes- Lebes Gamikos- Lekythos- Loutrophoros- Lydion- Oenochoe- Pelike- Phiale (libation vessel)- Pithos- Psykter- Pyxis (vessel). Rhyton- Skyphos- Stamnos- Stirrup jar- Template:Greek Vases
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--- Category:Ancient Greek vases -- Pottery of ancient Greece Amphora Corpus vasorum antiquorum Demaratus the Corinthian Kalos inscription Kamares ware Kerameikos Oil lamp Philistine Bichrome ware Red-figure pottery Regina Vasorum Stirrup jar Unguentarium Warrior Vase Youra Potsherds - Category:Types of pottery decoration
Category Etruscan Pottery Apollo of Veii -- Etruscan
Bucchero -- Etruscan
Etruscan terracotta warriors -- Etruscan
Sarcophagus of the Spouses -- Etruscan
Tabula Capuana -- Etruscan
Impasto (pottery) -- Etruscan
Vulca -- Etruscan potter who created terracotta statues
Category:Ancient Roman pottery Ancient Roman pottery -- lengthy introductory article
Hans Dragendorff -- created classification system for types of Ancient Roman pottery
Terra sigillata -- term for some of the fine red Ancient Roman pottery with glossy surface slips -- imitated in modern studio pottery
Eastern sigillata A -- category of late Hellenistic and early Roman terra sigillata
Eastern sigillata B -- category of late Hellenistic and early Roman terra sigillata (brief)
Eastern sigillata C -- category of late Hellenistic and early Roman terra sigillata (brief)
Eastern sigillata D -- category of late Hellenistic and early Roman terra sigillata (brief)
African red slip -- category of terra sigillata
Huntcliff ware -- British Roman
Ampulla -- brief ??
Barbotine -- brief -- use of Slip
Mortarium -- class of Ancient Roman pottery kitchen vessels (brief)
Oil lamp -- lengthy article on history of
Olla (Roman pot) -- Roman pot
Islam pottery dates from 632 CE through the High Middle Ages in the regions of the Near East, Northern Africa, and Spain; until the 1615 in the geographic areas controlled by the Mamluk Sultanate; until 1900 in the geographic regions controlled by the Ottoman Empire.
>>>Need summary of relationship beween Islamic, Levant, Chinese, African, and European pottery
Islamic pottery -- History of Islamic pottery(entire article)
Chinese influences on Islamic pottery
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The beginning of the Linear Pottery culture dates to around 5500 BC. It appears to have spread westwards along the valley of the river Danube and interacted with the cultures of Atlantic Europe when they reached the Paris Basin.
Cardium Pottery -- 6400-6200 BCE Mediterranean Neolithic
The term Danubian culture was coined by the Australian archaeologist Vere Gordon Childe to describe the first agrarian society in central and eastern Europe. It covers the Linear Pottery culture (Linearbandkeramik, LBK), stroked pottery and Rössen cultures.
Prehistoric Iberia -- References to changes in potttery in the area over several archaeological periods
Zsolnay -- Hungarian manufacturer of porcelain, pottery, ceramics, tiles, and stoneware. The company introduced the eosin glazing process and pyrogranite ceramics.
...Need summary relationship with Islamic, and European - Mention
Silk road
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Category:Porcelain (5 C, 105 P, 1 F)
Category:Chinese porcelain -- Chinese ceramics An hua Blanc de Chine Blue and white porcelain Canton porcelain- Longquan celadon Chinese export porcelain Chinese influences on Islamic pottery- Chinese porcelain in European painting Chinese Tongzhi ceramics Sir Percival David, 2nd Baronet- Ding ware Fonthill Vase David Sanctuary Howard Jingdezhen ware Kangxi transitional porcelain Kraak porcelain Meiping Meiyintang collection Ming presentation porcelain- Qingbai ware Shiwan Ware Swatow ware Tenkei blue-and-white ware Tiger Cave Kiln- Truxton Bowl Yaozhou Kiln
Category:Japanese porcelain -- Blanc de Chine used in Japan- Hakuji Imari porcelain Kakiemon- Kutani ware Noritake
Pitchers (ceramic material) Porcelain Sea pottery Allach (porcelain) Arzberg porcelain Augarten porcelain Bát Tràng porcelain Bauer Pottery Benjarong Bing & Grøndahl Blue and white porcelain Blue Onion Blue Ridge (dishware) Bone china Celadon Chantilly porcelain Chinaman (porcelain) Ciquaire Cirou Clignancourt porcelain Etiolles porcelain Franciscan Ceramics French porcelain Goss crested china Hard-paste porcelain Joseon white porcelain Limoges porcelain Lladró Lotus Ware Majello Medici porcelain Mennecy-Villeroy porcelain Ormolu Ottweiler porcelain Ozier Pattern Parian Ware Pâte-sur-pâte Petuntse Template:Porcelain Porsgrund Rörstrand Semi-porcelain Soft-paste porcelain Spa cup Tableware Camille Le Tallec Transfer-print Underglaze Victorian china fairings Willow pattern Zsolnay Zürich ware File:Blueandwhite2.jpg
This was take from Category:Chinese pottery and Category:Chinese porcelain
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Chinese ceramics -- Lengthy introductory article on history of Chinese pottery
An hua -- Chinese decorative form -- defective article
Blanc de Chine -- European term for white Chinese porcelain
Blue and white porcelain -- history of Blue & white porcelain - China through Europe
Canton porcelain -- short article -- 18th - 20th Cy
Celadon -- a type of glaze and a ware of a specific color, also called celadon. This type of ware was invented in ancient China
Longquan celadon -- refers to Chinese celadon produced in Longguan (brief)
Chinese export porcelain -- porcelain exported to Europe & US
Chinese porcelain in European painting -- paintings with Chinese porcelain as subject
Chinese Tongzhi ceramics -- (defective article) specific porcelain markings
Cizhou ware -- a type of Chinese ceramics developed during the Northern Song period
Clay Figure Zhang -- folk art in Tianjin, initiated by Zhang Mingshan (1826-1906), a folk artist of Tianjin, during Daoguang period in Qing Dynasty (1821-1851).
Cochin ware -- (orphan) -- only long-time ceramic tradition that involved artistic considerations
Dawu Clay Sculpture -- a famous folk art in Chaozhou, Guangdong Province.It is called "Three Chinese clay culpture"
Sir Percival David, 2nd Baronet -- collector of chinese porcelain, collection now in London Museum
Ding (vessel) -- an ancient Chinese vessel with legs, a lid and two handles opposite each other.
Ding ware -- pottery from Dingzhou -- Tang dynasty
Fonthill Vase -- earliest documented Chinese porcelain object to have reached Europe
Green-glazed pottery -- a type of colored pottery developed in China during the Eastern Han period (25-220 CE)
Hunping -- ceramic funerary vessel (funerary urn) often found in the tombs of the Han Dynasty and especially the Six Dynasties periods
Jun ware -- a type of celadon created at the Jun kilns of Yuzhou City during the Northern Song dynasty (960-1126)
Proto-celadon -- a type of Chinese ceramic which developed during the Shang period and Western Han periods
Guang (vessel) -- an ancient bronze Chinese ritual wine pitcher.
David Sanctuary Howard -- expert on Chinese porcelain
Jingdezhen ware -- ceramics, particularly porcelain, produced in the vicinity of Jingdezhen, China - as early as 6th cy
Kangxi transitional porcelain -- manufactured at China’s principle ceramic production area of Jingdezhen
Kraak porcelain -- type of Chinese export porcelain produced mainly from the Wanli reign (1563–1620) until around 1640
Meiping Song Dynasty
Meiyintang collection -- collected by the Swiss Zuellig brothers
Ming presentation porcelain -- high quality Chinese porcelain items included among the gifts exchanged in foreign relations during the Ming Dynasty
Qingbai ware -- type of pottery made in the Song Dynasty (defective article in May 2009)
Shiwan Ware -- type of pottery made in the Song Dynasty (defective article in May 2009)
Sancai -- a type of ceramics (sculpture and vessels) using three intermingled colors for decoration.
Swatow ware -- common name for a group of mainly late Ming Dynasty export porcelain from China intended for the South East Asian market. (needs refs Dec 2009)
Yixing clay -- a type of clay from the region near the city of Yixing in Jiangsu province, from the Song Dynasty
Yue ware -- a type of Chinese ceramics, a felspathic siliceous stoneware, which is characteristically decorated with celadon glazing
Zun -- an ancient type of Chinese bronze or ceramic wine vessel with a round or square vase-like form from Shang Dynasty
Tenkei blue-and-white ware -- Chinese underglaze blue porcelain made in the unofficial kilns of Jingdezhen
Truxton Bowl -- specific object -- defective
See also: Kilns - for kilns from Japan
Yuchanyan Cave -- Chinese Archaeological site -- earliest pottery -- ~ 18,000-15,430 BCE
Chinese influences on Islamic pottery
>> Summary & relationship with China
Japanese pottery and porcelain -- overview of history and styles
Agano ware --
Anagama kiln -- an ancient type of pottery kiln brought to Japan from China via Korea in the 5th century.
Hakuji -- brief, no references
Imari porcelain -- Japanese porcelain wares made in the town of Arita between latter half of 17th century and former half of 18 th century
Kakiemon -- Japan from the mid-17th century, with much in common with the Chinese "Famille Verte"
Kutani ware -- The porcelain style is known for multiple colors—such as greens, blues, yellows, purples, and reds—and bold designs covering most of the surface of each piece.
History of Korean pottery and porcelain
Iranian pottery -- Lengthy overview of history
Pottery in the Indian subcontinent -- overview of styles and history of pottery in India
Blue Pottery of Jaipur -- blue glaze pottery came to Rajasthan via Kashmir
Diya (light) -- type of clay Oil lamp used in India -- short - no citations
Matki (earthen pot) -- "water storage cooler" used in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Incantation bowls -- also known as demon bowls or devil trap bowls
NOTE: Distinguish between Northern Africa and Sub-Saharan
Egyptian faience -- a non-clay based ceramic displaying surface vitrification which creates a bright lustre -- Having not been made from clay it is often not classed as pottery.[1] It is called "Egyptian faience" to distinguish it from faience, the tin glazed pottery associated with Faenza in northern Italy
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Category:Indigenous ceramics of the Americas (1 C, 3 P)
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Category:Pre-Columbian pottery (1 C, 8 P)
Category:Native American pottery --
Native American pottery
Barro negro pottery
Cibola White Ware
Mississippian culture pottery-
Mogollon culture
Nampeyo
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Coclé Province
Double spout and bridge vessel
Huaco (pottery)
Maya ceramics
Moche portrait vessel
Stirrup spout vessel
Ceramics of Jalisco
Mexican ceramics
Moche Crawling Feline -- is a specific stirrup spout vessel dating from 100—800 CE
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Mesoamerica - a few references to pottery
List of pre-Columbian cultures -- lists all of the Mesoamerican cultures -- many of those that had pottery are listed below -- others in the pre-Columbian list are pre-ceramic
Teotihuacan - 200BCE-800CE - near Mexico City - couple of refs to pottery
Western Mexico shaft tomb tradition - 300BCE-400CE - reference to ceramics and pottery
Cibola White Ware (Native American)
Southwest
Hohokam -- Pre-historic southwest
Mogollon culture -- Pre-historic southwest - Especially Mimbres pottery
Ancient Pueblo Peoples (Anasazi) -- Pre-historic southwest
Fremont culture -- Pre-historic southwest
Patayan -- Pre-historic southwest
Roosevelt Red Ware - Southwest 1280-1490
Talavera (pottery) - Puebla, Mexico -- Majolica -- Hispano-Moresque ware
Green glazed pottery of Atzompa - is a style of glazed pottery, which originates in the Oaxaca
- See also
section of Santa María Atzompa
Mississippian culture pottery
Maya ceramics - Development Chronology and
Timeline
Woodland period -- esp.
Early Woodland period (1000–1 BCE) amd
Middle Woodland period (1–500 CE)
South America
Stirrup spout vessel - Pre-Columbian South America 2nd Century BCE slip
Olmec figurine - Mesoamerican - Formative
Rio Grande Glaze Ware - Pueblo
Rio Grande White Ware - Pueblo
Saladoid - 500BCE - 545CE - pre-columbian indigenous culture of Venezuela and the Caribbean - unique pottery
Coclé Province -- Pre-columbian - not much here
Double spout and bridge vessel -- not much
For some pitures of pre-Columbian pottery see commons:category:Pre-Columbian cultures
Brigham Young University Museum of Peoples and Cultures -- large exhibit of Mesoamerican pottery
American Stoneware -- 19th Century houseware in North America
Australia The Aborigines of Australia were hunting gatherer tribes and did not farm or cultivate crops. In keeping with these cultural features, they also never developed pottery. [1] After Europeans came to Australia and settled, they found deposits of clay which were analyzed by English potters as excelent for making pottery. Less than 20 years later, Europeans came to Australia and began creating pottery. Since then, ceramic manufacturing, mass produced pottery, and studio pottery has flourished in Australia. [2]
Oceania (
Polynesia,
Melanesia, and
Micronesia)
Pottery has been found in archeological sites across the islands of Oceania. It is attributed to an ancient archaeological culture called the
Lapita. A form of pottery called Plainware is found throughout sites of Oceania. The relationship between Lapita pottery and Plainware is not altogether clear.
Plainware
Pilae stacks -- Construction tiles (brief)
Imbrex and tegula -- Roman & Greek roof tiling
Monk and Nun -- Roman & Greek roof tiling similar to Imbrex and tegula
Antefix -- Construction ceramics
Horrea Galbae -- Warehouses (little on pottery)
Chigi vase -- a Protocorinthian olpe, or pitcher, that is the name vase of the Chigi Painter.[
Dipylon inscription -- a short text written on an ancient Greek pottery vessel dated to ca. 740 BC - oldest (or one of the oldest) known samples of the use of the Greek alphabet
Euphronios krater --- an ancient Greek terra cotta krater, a bowl used for mixing wine with water. Created around the year 515 BC
Nestor's Cup -- clay drinking vessel of the 8th century BC found at Pithekoussai, Magna Graecia
Oinochoe by the Shuvalov Painter (Berlin F2414) -- one of the most famous erotic depictions from ancient Greek vase painting
Regina Vasorum -- 4th-century BC hydria from Cumae
François Vase -- specific vase a large volute krater decorated in the black-figure style
Epinetron -- an Attic female pottery object, not a vessel.
Kalos inscription -- form of epigraph found on Attic vases and graffiti in antiquity
Giampietro Campana -- person -- collector of Greek & Roman sculpture
La Graufesenque -- archaeological site -- production of high quality dark red terra sigillata Roman pottery
Monte Testaccio -- artificial mound in Rome composed almost entirely of testae (Italian: cocci), fragments of broken amphorae
Judenporzellan -- (an orphan) -- a designation for inferior porcelain produced by the royal Berliner Porzellanmanufaktur
Kakiemon elephants -- Pair of Figurines
Porcelain Tower of Nanjing -- Pagoda constructed of white porcelain bricks
Noritake -- a porcelain maker headquartered in Nagoya
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Category:Ceramics (8 C, 36 P)
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Category:Ceramic art (8 C, 40 P)
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Category:History of ceramics (7 C, 53 P)
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Category:Ceramics museums (22 P)
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Category:Terracotta (54 P)
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Category:Types of pottery decoration (1 C, 45 P)
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Category:Ceramic art and design stubs (159 P)
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Category:Chinese porcelain (28 P)
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Category:Japanese porcelain (8 P)
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Category:Lithophane (1 P)
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Category:Stoneware (7 P)