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Wheel throwing

The process of making a ceramic object on a potter's wheel.

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What is ceramic art?

Ancient Greek vase production and the black-figure technique

Chinese porcelain: decoration

Chinese porcelain: production and export

Making Greek vases

Works of Art

Krater with ship scene

c. 735 B.C.E.

Warrior Krater

c. 1200–1100 B.C.E.

Jar (Hu)

c. 2650–2350 B.C.E.

Artist, scribe, and poet: Abu Zayd and 12th-century Iranian ceramics

1186 C.E.

Reliquary set offered by Yi Seonggye (King Taejo of the Joseon dynasty)

1390–91 C.E.

Talavera poblana

17th–18th century

Blue-and-white Porcelain Jar with Plum, Bamboo, and Bird Design

15th or 16th century

Buncheong Jar with cloud and dragon design

15th century

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