Chronology

Emperors of the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties

Map of China

Foreword / David Ake Sensabaugh

Introduction : Part I / Li Zhiyan ; Part II / Virginia L. Bower

1. Prehistoric earthenware / Li Zhiyan

2. Ceramics of the Xia, Shang, and Western Zhou dynasties and the Spring and Autumn period / Quan Kuishan, Ding Pengbo, and Li Zhiyan

3. Ceramics of the Warring States period and the Qin and Han dynasties / Li Zhiyan

4. Ceramics of the Period of Division / Quan Kuishan

5. Ceramics of the Sui, Tang, and Five dynasties / Li Zhiyan

6. Ceramics of the Song, Liao, Western Xia, and Jin dynasties / He Li

7. Yuan dynasty ceramics / Laurie E. Barnes

8. Ming dynasty ceramics / Li Zhiyan

9. Qing dynasty ceramics / Li Jixian

10. The export and trade of Chinese ceramics : An overview of the history and scholarship to date / Kanazawa Yoh ; Historical aspects of later Chinese export and trade ceramics / He Li ; The significance of exports and trade during the later dynasties / William R. Sargent

11. Ten lectures on the authentication of Chinese ceramics / Li Zhiyan

Appendix : maps

Further readings.