Neolithic sung dynasty 6000 b c.
Chinese ceramics artists.
Xiao wei zhengyin art design chinese ceramicist xiao wei began in the field of ceramics then branched.
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.
This department offers great masterpieces of chinese art and antiques for auction.
Guest gray also deals in antique japanese porcelain lacquer metalwork and ivory.
Chinese contemporary art began to began to open up to the world art arena in the 1980 s and 1990 s and while comparatively in its infancy it is now making a vibrant impact.
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.
As an art form only ceramics cover the entire forty five century span of chinese history.
Offering artefacts dating to the neolithic era through to republic period porcelain christie s sales of chinese ceramics and works of art showcase centuries of chinese history.
Chinese ceramic ware is an art form that has been developing since the neolithic period.
Chinese pottery also called chinese ceramics objects made of clay and hardened by heat.
Chinese ceramics range from construction materials such as bricks and tiles to hand built pottery vessels fired in bonfires or kilns to the sophisticated chinese porcelain wares made for.
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 history of chinese ceramics began some eight thousand years ago with the crafting of hand molded earthenware.
Chinese ceramics show a continuous development since pre dynastic times and are one of the most significant forms of chinese art and ceramics globally.
Held throughout the year in london new york paris and hong kong they attract a wide audience of collectors and connoisseurs vying for pieces as diverse as archaic.
Earthenware stoneware and porcelain particularly those made in china.
The first pottery was made during the palaeolithic era.