Pottery in the making : world ceramic traditions /
edited by Ian Freestone and David Gaimster.
- London : British Museum Press, 1997.
- 240p. : ill., maps, photos. (many col.) ; 28cm.
Published in conjuction with the exhibition of the same name mounted by the British Museum at the Museum of Mankind, from 3 July to 31 December 1997.
Includes bibliography: (p. 224-235) and index.
Early sedentary communities. Jomon pottery in ancient Japan / Victor Harris; Early pottery in the middle Nile Valley / D. Welsby; Early prehistoric pottery in Britain / G. Varndell, I. Freestone; Prehistoric ceramics in Mesopotamia / St John Simpson; Pottery in predynastic Egypt / A.J. Spencer; Urbanisation. Early urban ceramic industries in Mesopotamia / St John Simpson; Ceramic changes in late iron age Britain / Val Rigby, I. Freestone; Dynastic Egyptian pottery / A.J. Spencer; A Canaanite potter's workshop in Palestine / P. Magrill, Andrew Middleton; Partho-Sasanian ceramic industries in Mesopotamia / St John Simpson; Ash-glazed stonewares in Japan / V. Harris; Professional workshops. Ancient Greek pottery / Dufri Williams; Highly decorated pottery in medieval England / B. Nenk; Korean celadons of the Koryo dynasty / Jane Portal; Faience in the ancient Mediterranean world / A.J. Spencer, Louise Schofield; Islamic lustreware / S.R. Canby; Maiolica production in renaissance Italy / Dora Thornton; Stoneware production in medieval and early modern Germany / D. Gaimster; Regional decorative traditions in English post-medieval slipware / D. Gaimster; Urban pottery workshops in north Africa / Julie Hudson; Rural communities. Traditional rural potting in west Africa / N. Barley; Pottery in early Anglo-Saxon England / C. Haith; Early iron age rural ceramic traditions in Iran / St John Simpson; Specialised products. Tiles in Roman Britain / A. Middleton; Roman pottery lamps / Donald M. Bailey; Terracotta figurines of eastern Gujarat / T. Richard Blurton; Whistling vessels from pre-Hispanic Peru / Colin McEwan; Industrialisation. Ding and other whitewares of northern China / J. Harrison-Hall; Mass-production of Roman finewares / Paul Roberts; Chinese porcelain from Jingdezhen / J. Harrison-Hall; The growth of the Staffordshire ceramic industry / Aileen Dawson; Modern studio potters. Tradition in studio pottery / Emmanuel Cooper.