Art of East Asia: Neolithic & Bronze Age China
Shang white ware is of great interest to ceramic specialists. The designs
are closely related to the Bronze vessels but not so finely carved as the
molds for the bronzes must have been. Even so the ceramic technology of
the Shang had reached a very high level to attain and work with such difficult
material (it is a very "unforgiving" clay) and there is a consummate
demonstration of the mastery of the materials in the few pieces known.
Freer Gallery of Art.
