Chinese ceramic ware is an artform that has been developing since the dynastic periods. The first types of ceramics were made about ten to eleven thousand years ago. Chinese ceramics range from construction materials such as bricks and tiles, to hand-built pottery vessels fired in bonfires or kilns (窑), to the sophisticated porcelain wares made for the imperial court.

       There are two primary categories of Chinese ceramics, low-temperature-fired pottery or táo (陶, about ...
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