Chinaware

During the Age of Discovery, Western ships often visited the seas of Asia. Spain established the galleon trade between Manila in the Philippines and Acapulco in Mexico. A number of Asian goods were brought to the West through the trade. Focusing on ceramics, this book looks at the reality of this trade. What emerges from this?

This book is a history of ceramics in Japan from the perspective of art history. An overview of more than 10,000 years, from the Jomon period to the contemporary one, is shown. What does art history discover about the history of ceramics?