Short History of Ancient Chinese Ceramic Production

• Chart showing development of Chinese ceramics

• Proto porcelains of Shang/Western Han (Updated:5 Oct 2021)

• Porcelain History Eastern Han to Sui (Updated:5 Oct 2021)

• Tang/5 Dynasties Porcelain (Updated:4 Oct 2021)

• Song Porcelain (Updated:2 Oct 2021)

• Yuan Porcelain  (Updated:3 Oct 2021)

• Ming Porcelain (Updated:5 Oct 2021)

• Qing Porcelain

• Republican Porcelain (Updated: 17 Mar 2020)

Discussion on Ancient Chinese Ceramics

^{This map shows the location of some of the important ancient chinese ceramics.  You can also click on the photo of a particular ceramics vessel and read article to find out more details. To view map, please click.}

• Early Ming Folk kiln blue and white revisit (Updated: 24 May 2022 )

• Collecting of Antique ceramics in Singapore (New:21 Mar 2020)

• Qianjiang Porcelain - Gem of Late Qing period (Updated: 6 Mar 2020)

• Tang/Song Yue Ware   (Updated: 7 Jul 2021

• Pre Tang Yue wares  

• Longquan celadon 

• Jizhou wares 

• Yaozhou celadon

• Ding Wares   (Updated: 8 Jan 2021

• Relationship between Celadon, Qingbai and white wares

• An alternative view on the origin of Jun ware   

• Yuan blue and white    

• Jingdezhen Ming Imperial wares  

• Symbolism on Chinese ceramics (Updated:8 Oct 2021)

• Overview of Ming Folk kiln blue and white

• Ming Minyao Blue and white

• Dating Ming Folk kiln blue and white 

• Symbolism on Ming blue and white 

• In memory of a fellow Singapore Ming blue and white collector 

• An early Qing bowl with the Magic Square motif 

• Relationship between falangcai, yangcai, fencai and famille rose  

• Ming/Qing Shiwan Pottery  

• Fujian Non-Jian kiln Temmoku  (Updated:14 April 2023)

• Blue and White Table Top with Drawing of Jingdezhen

• First Underglaze decorated Porcelain

• Seminar and Visit to Ru kiln site at Baofeng Qingliangsi

• Xiuneisi and Ge Kiln Site Found!!

• Discovery of Xiuneisi Kiln Site ?

Ancient Chinese Trade Ceramics

• A General survey of Ancient Trade Ceramics Recovered from Sumatra Jambi Batang Kumpeh (New:1 Apr 2023)

• Re-visting some Qingbai/white wares of unknown origin from the Pulau Buaya wreck (New:27 Aug 2022)

• Re-visting The Dating For the Earliest Zhangzhou (Swatow) Blue and white (New:10 Jun 2022)

• Pre-Colonial (before 1819 A.D) Ceramics found in Singapore  (New: 14 Mar 2020)

• Maritime Silk Route Chinese Trade Ceramics

• Fujian Trade Ceramics (Updated: 27 Aug 2022)

• A General Survey of Zhangzhou (swatow) wares   (New:2 Apr 2020)

• The myth of Japanese Jiaozhi shao (交趾烧)

• Tang/Song Guangdong Trade Ceramics (Updated:  15 Feb 2023)    

Shipwreck Chinese Trade Ceramics

^{This map shows the location of some of the known shipwrecks in Southeast Asia and Southern China.  You can also click on the photo of a particular ceramics vessel and read article to find out more details. To view map and find out details of the shipwrecks and their significance, please click.}

• Re-vistiing the Java Sea wreck (New: 21 Apr 2023)

• 15th cent. Brown glaze Wares from Vietnam wreck near Lagi in Binh Thuan Province (New: 14 Apr 2023)

• A Preliminary Survey of Vietnam Ba Ria Tang Wreck and comparison with artefacts from the Belitung wreck (New: 7 Sep 2022)

• Shipwrecks with Ceramics cargo in Southeast Asia

• Cirebon shipwreck

• Tek Sing Shipwreck Cargo  

• Belanakan (Blanakan) Ming Jiajing/Longqing wreck (Updated: 19 Mar 2020)

• Wanli Porcelain in San Diego Shipwreck  

• Shipwrecks in Vietnam - Hoi an, Binh Thuan, Vung Dau & Ca mau

• Ceramics from Nanhai 1 shipwreck  (Updated: 10 Dec 2020)

• Ming Jiajing Fort San Sebastian wreck   

• Zhangzhou (Swatow) wares in Binh Thuan shipwreck 

• Swatow wares from the Batam Wreck  

• Fujian and Longquan Trade Ceramics in Jepara Shipwreck  (Updated: 25 Apr 2023)

• Belitung Shipwreck Re-visit  by Mr Lim Yah Chiew

• Belitung shipwreck Exhibition in Artscience Museum   

Ancient Chinese Ceramics in Museum

• Exhibition of Chinese Collectors' Yue ware at Cixi museum  

• Chinese ceramics in Hongkong Museum of Art 

• Yang Yongde's collection of Ceramics Pillows in Guangzhou Nanyue Wang Museum 

• Chinese Ceramics in Museums  

Southeast Asian Ancient Ceramics

• Southeast Asian Ceramics

• A Survey of Vietnamese Ceramics  

• Vietnamese blue and white

• Vietnamese white/Qingbai/brown/celadon wares

• 19th/20th Vietnamese Shiwan-type Vessels of Old Saigon and Lai Thieu  

• Myanmar (Burmese) Ceramics  

• Thai Trade Ceramics

• Angkor Period Khmer Ceramics 

Userful links

• Sister ships: three early 12th century CE shipwrecks in Southeast Asia 

• Watersilkdragon - Chinese Ceramics in the 20th Century

• Ceramics From The Musi River, Palembang Indonesia: Based on a private collection

• Pandanan Shipwreck 

• Chinese-style ceramics in East Africa from the 9th to 16th century

• Letters of P¨¨re d'Entrecolles - Porcelain production in Jingdezehn

• Hoi an shipwreck

• Asia's Undersea Archeology

• Chinese Ceramics found on Tioman Island

• The Vung Tau Shipwreck 

• Ban Chiang world heritage archaeological site 

• Glorious pots: A Millennium of Southeast Asian Trade