Abstract
Vainker, S.J. 1991. Chinese Pottery and Porcelain: from Prehistory to the Present.
Highlights
The book is generously illustrated with colour photographs, some of them quite superb
Appendices on clays, glazes and kilns are followed by a glossary, a chronology and a bibliography
Not surprisingly the earliest dates claimed for Zengpiyan have been challenged, but something of a consensus has emerged for a ceramic horizon around 7500 BC
Summary
The book is generously illustrated with colour photographs, some of them quite superb. Recent work in the Canton of ZUrich is, by contrast, much better documented - possibly a reflection of the geographical location of the exhibition and the continuing slight tension between Switzerland's two main language groups. I can strongly recommend the two volumes to anybody interested in the European Neolithic and Bronze Age and capable of coping with largely German and French papers.
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