How old is the history of ceramics?

As early as the Neolithic Age, there were painted pottery and black pottery with rough and simple styles in China. Pottery and porcelain have different textures and characteristics. Pottery, made of clay with high viscosity and strong plasticity, is opaque, with fine pores, weak water absorption and turbid tapping sound. Porcelain is made of clay, feldspar and quartz. Translucent, non-absorbent, corrosion-resistant, hard and dense, with crisp knocking sound.

China traditional ceramic handicrafts are famous for their high quality, beautiful appearance and high artistic value.

Types of ceramic decoration:

1. Art glaze decoration: including colored glaze, floral glaze, crystalline glaze, matt glaze, crack glaze, color-changing glaze, fluorescent glaze, etc.

2. Sculpture decoration: including pinching flowers, piling flowers, picking flowers, carving flowers, hollowing out, embossing, dark carving, round carving and shaping.

3. Comprehensive decoration: including exquisite blue and white, crystal carving, glass carving, blue and white fighting color, colored art glaze, etc.

4. Painted decoration: including over-glaze decoration, such as hand-painting, over-glaze applique, printing, brushing, painting, photo decoration, electric luster, bright gold, polished gold, corroded gold, etc. ; Underglaze color decoration, such as underglaze blue and white, underglaze red, underglaze multicolor, underglaze spray color and underglaze applique, etc. In-glaze color, such as in-glaze color at low temperature and in-glaze color at medium temperature.

5. Other decoration methods: including color blank, cosmetic soil, color particle blank, flower infiltration, grinding and polishing, screen printing, mosaic decoration, etc.