Chinese Pottery and Porcelain: From Prehistory to the Present, by S. J. Vainker

A comprehensive survey of the development of ceramics from the Neolithic period to the present day. Assessing the roles pottery has played in each dynasty throughout the history of China, Vainker (curator, Dept. of Oriental Antiquities, British Museum) also discusses its enormous impact on the ceramic industries of the rest of the world, where Chinese porcelain has been admired and collected for centuries. With 100 color and 98 b&w illustrations.