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Oriental pottery and porcelain

Oriental ceramics has a long history: in China, Japan and Korea pottery making can be traced back to the Neolithic period.

The Chinese started exporting porcelain wares to the West in large volume during the late 16th / early 17th century. This export trade has continued ever since. The Japanese export trade in porcelain in volume started about the middle of the 19th century and, as with the Chinese trade, continues to this day. The result being that for today’s Western collector of Oriental ceramics, there is much to choose from. The value range is wide; from rare and very expensive antique items through to inexpensive late 20th century ones. Although there may be a tendency to overlook this mass-produced late 20th century ware, much of it is actually of very good quality and, I believe, collectible

Collecting Antique Chinese

“This site is an introduction to antique Chinese

porcelain and ceramics, including some tips for

collecting Chinese antiques in general”

(homepage).

http://www.chinese-antique-porcelain.com/

Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka

Museum has collections of Japanese, Chinese,

Korean and Persian ceramics. Website includes

comprehensive, illustrated guide to Oriental ceramics.

http://www.moco.or.jp/en/

Gotheborg.com

The creation of the Swedish collector Jan-Erik

Nilsson, Gotheborg.com is for me the premier

online site for antique Chinese and Japanese

ceramics. It contains information on more

recent Oriental ceramics as well.

www.gotheborg.com

Oriental Ceramic Society

Society was founded in 1921; London-based, but

With worldwide membership. For “collectors,

curators, scholars, specialised dealers and those

with a general interest”.

http://www.ocs-london.com/

Japanese Pottery and Lacquerware

By Jeffrey Hays: useful site with extensive

Illustrated account of the subject and a

categorized list of websites and resources.

http://factsanddetails.com/japan.php

?itemid=693&catid=20&subcatid=129

World Lingo: Korean pottery

and porcelain

Outline of history of Korean pottery, beginning

8,000 B.C. Includes list of links and references.

http://www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/en/

Korean_pottery _and_porcelain

Korean Journey

Interesting blog from Korean-American ceramic

artist Arthur Park; about his ceramic artists

tours to Korea.

http://morningearth.wordpress.com/

e-YAKIMONO.net

Online learning centre devoted to Japanese pottery.

www.e-yakimono.net

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