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Kilwa pot sherds

They were found at the town of Kilwa Kisiwani, and are some …
Ceramic bowl with Aramaic magic inscription

This is one of many Late Sasanian and post-Sasanian ceramic …
Moche warrior pot

Warfare, warriors, prisoners and sacrifice are recurring the…
Inca vessel in the form of a digging stick

Each year, the Inca King as ruler of Tahuantinsuyu – or the …
Glazed djed pillar

Djed pillars were among the amulets most commonly placed on …
Khaled Ben Slimane, ceramic plates (tabaq)

'The objects remind me of my faith (Islam) having Arabic wri…
Magdalene Odundo, ceramic vessel

Magdalene Odundo (born 1950) grew up in Kenya but settled in…
Bulbous porcelain jar

This fine bulbous jar is an early example of Japanese porcel…
Celadon wine bottle

This wine bottle, with its ovoid body and graceful neck, is …
Large porcelain dish

This large porcelain dish is decorated in underglaze blue, t…
Nine-lobed porcelain dish

The porcelain dish is enamelled in overglaze colours in the …
Porcelain handled jug

This elegant handled ewer has a design of stylized plum flow…
Shigaraki ware tea storage jar

Shigaraki was one of the ancient centres of pottery producin…
Stoneware storage jar

This large, globular storage jar is a good example of the hi…
Ceramic gambling token

From the early nineteenth century until 1870, the Chinese ga…
Lustre-painted pottery jar

This bulbous jar was probably for storage, rather than decor…
Tripod-footed painted ceramic vessel

This fine vessel was acquired by Sir Marc Aurel Stein in the…
Copies of the Basse-Yutz flagons

This pair of pottery jugs was made at Stoke-on-Trent in the …
Arita ware tankard

This tankard, with its sophisticated design of butterlfy and…
Blue-and-white brushrest

Emperor Zhengde was still a child when he ascended the thron…
Blue-and-white porcelain fish dish

Porcelain decorated with underglaze blue (commonly known as …
Blue-and-white porcelain jug

Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration (commonly known as…
Celadon tea bowl

This celadon bowl was probably used as a tea bowl. Tea drink…
Celadon tea bowl

The lotus, on the incised design on the interior of this bow…
Ceramic Liubo players

It is an ancient Chinese belief that the world one passed in…
Chenghua '100 children' bowl

The Chenghua emperor (reigned AD 1465-87) loved small, perfe…
Daoist shrine

Shrine models like this were produced in China during the Yu…
Earthenware tile with a monster mask

Most of the buildings in ancient China were made of wood, an…
Fahua vase

The term fahua refers to Chinese wares with bold decoration …
Four Imari ware porcelain figures

Light-hearted figures, almost caricatures, were made largely…
Glazed pottery pond with figures

The ancient Chinese believed that the afterlife was like thi…
Glazed stoneware jar

This stoneware jar may have been produced in Zhejiang provin…
Green ware vase

The many kilns around Longquan city began production in the …
Chinese Tang tomb figures

The group comprises two fabulous beasts (one with a human fa…
Guan ware vase

In 1127, the Song court at Kaifeng was overrun by northern i…
Huangdao ware dish

This dish was probably made at Lushan in Henan province. It …
Jizhou tea bowl

Jizhou wares were produced at a small number of kilns, named…
Jun ware jar

Jun wares are counted among the 'five great wares' of China,…
Kakiemon ware lidded jar

The Japanese started making porcelain at the end of the sixt…
Large porcelain platter

This magnificent Japanese dish is based on earlier seventeen…
Long-necked Sue jar

This ritual tomb jar was shaped on a potter's wheel; the mar…
Pair of porcelain, Kakiemon, model elephants

Many such models of animals, such as dogs, cats, deer, boars…
Porcelain brush pot

From the beginning of the Choson dynasty (1392-1910) Neo-Con…
Porcelain storage jar

This porcelain jar is decorated with a dragon, a traditional…
Porcelain teapot

This elegant teapot is made of porcelain decorated in overgl…
Pottery amphora

Clay was first turned into pottery in China nearly nine thou…
Pottery jar with dragon handles

This funerary jar is made of grey earthenware. It was clearl…
Pottery vessel

This vessel has a gentle outward curve ending in a wide mout…
Pottery vessel

This pottery vessel, with its wide mouth and carefully balan…
Red earthenware bowl

This earthenware bowl is a bright orange-red in colour, and …
Ru ware cup-stand

Ru is the rarest of all the major Chinese ceramic wares. Unt…
Stoneware ewer in the shape of a mermaid

The Qidan people, whose dynasty is known as the Liao (AD 907…
Stoneware maebyong vase

The celadon ware made for the court and aristocracy of the K…
Stoneware wine ewer

The development of celadon ware during the Koryo dynasty (91…
Sue funerary jar

This elaborate ritual tomb jar has an unusually high pierced…
Sue ware jar

This is an example of a traditional Sue ware tomb jar, with …
Trumpet-necked storage jar

This large jar has a rounded base which was pushed into the …
Two lidded jars and two trumpet vases

Wares in this style were made in the kilns around Arita in n…
White porcelain storage jar in underglaze iron

White porcelain was the dominant type of ceramic in Korea th…
White porcelain water-dropper

Scholarly pursuits were highly respected and encouraged duri…
Yaozhou ceramic box

In the tenth century, the Huangbaozhen kilns in Yaozhou (now…
Yue ware water dropper

Yue wares are named after the region in which they are made,…
Condiment tray

This small square platter has nine sections to hold a select…
Dish with stamped decoration

This dish has been stamped with a rhyming couplet in four li…
Lustre-painted ceramic tiles

These four tiles are part of a longer frieze with an inscrip…
Doucai jar

This doucai jar is decorated with a blue, three-clawed drago…
Large neo-Jomon pot

This beautifully balanced pot has a wide mouth and comparati…
Large underglaze-painted jar

Though Chinese potters developed underglaze red decoration d…