内容提要 China,a country with one of the most ancient civilizations ithe world,has a time-honored history of producing pottery and porcelain. Pottery wares dating back moretha10,000 years have beediscovered at Nanzhuangtou iXushui County,HebeiProvince,and shards of pottery dating back 11,000 years have beeunearthed at the siteknowas the Immortal's Cave oMount Huifeng,Lishui County,Jiangsu Province.Porcelaiis one of China's most important ancient inventions.Archaeological data indicate that the original potters were women. The oldest wayto produce pottery is the coiling method (Line Drawing 1),which was developed othebasis of the technique of weaving bamboo containers. The process involved kneadingthe clay into a long strip which was coiled upoitself spirally around a stone ball orpottery mold,the potter holding the clay strip with one hand and the mold with the other.This was done from the bottom right to the mouth rim,making the embryo of the potteryvessel. A few years ago,another ancient pottery-making method was discovered inDadiwan,Gansu Province,i.e.,kneading the clay into lumps and thesticking themtogether. It was not until the late New Stone Age that the simple potter's wheel appearediChina. Ithe earliest stages it was a woodepillar propping up a woodedisc (LineDrawing 2). Pottery wares were widely used for cooking,eating,drinking and storingfood,which greatly improved the people's living conditions. Food cooked ipotteryding and fu (Line Drawing 3) tastes and smelletter,and becomes more delicious andnutritious. 目录 ForewordPottery_A Bright Pearl of Remote AntiquityPorcelai_AImporant Chinese InventionDevelopment _Pottery and porcelaiof the Sui and Tang DynastiesProsperity _pottery and Porcelaiof the Song and YuaDynastiesGreat prosperity _pottery and Porcdlaiof the Ming and Qing DynastiesAppendixessummary of how to distingguish Genuine Pottery and PorcelaifrlReproductionsSketch Map of Principal Kilns of Chinese DynastiesChronological History of Chinese Plttery and Porcelain 作者介绍
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