Preface
Chronology of Chinese Dynasties and Periods
Introduction: The Potter and his Materials

Part One: The Basic Technology
Chapter One: Pre-Han Unglazed Earthenware
The Neolithic Cultures of North China
Yang-shao Pottery
Lung-shan Pottery
Southern Neolithic Pottery
Shang and Chou
Chapter Two: Glazed Wares from Shang to Han
Glazed Wares of Shang
Chou Glazed Ware
Han Period High-Fired Earthenware
Han Lead Glazed Earthenware
Chapter Three: Technical Consolidation: The Period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties
The Northern Dynasties Unglazed Earthenware
Southern Region Glazed Wares
Northern Glazed Wares in the Sixth Century

Part Two: The Period of Discovery and Innovation
Chapter Four: New Inspiration in T’ang
Lead Glazed Wares
Stoneware with Coloured Glazes
White Wares and Porcelain
Chapter Five: North China from the Tenth Century to the Fourteenth Century
‘Classic Wares’
Popular Wares
Chapter Six: South China from the Tenth Century to the Fourteenth Century
Lung-chuan
Kuan Ware
Chi-chou Ware
Chien
Jao-chou, ch’ing-pai and the Rise of Ching-te Chen
Chapter Seven: The Last Great Innovation
Historical and Economic Background
Industrialization of the Potteries
Ch’ing-pai and its Development
Underglaze Painting on Porcelain
Blue and White for the Overseas Market
Products for the Domestic Market

Part Three: Development and Variations
Chapter Eight: Imperial Patronage
Transition to the Fifteenth-Century Imperial Style
Interregnum
Ch’eng-hua and Hung-chih
Reign Marks
Chapter Nine: Popular Taste and New Markets
The Ceramic Industry
Blue and White and Polychrome in the Sixteenth Century
Monochrome in the Sixteenth Century
Decorative Style under Wan-li and his Successors
Kraak Porselein
Transitional Style Porcelain
Te-hua Ware
Swatow Ware
The Japanese Market
Chapter Ten: Technical Virtuosity
Reorganization at Ching-te Chen
Famille Verte and its Variants
Famille Rose and Ku Yueh Hsuan
Monochrome Glazes
White Wares
Export Wares for Europe
I-hsing and Kuang-tung Stonewares

Conclusion
Notes
Reign Marks
Glossary
Bibliography
Index