From the Neolithic period (ca. 10,000–2000 BCE) to the Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE), the art of Chinese pottery making developed as much in response to functional and aesthetic considerations as it did to technological improvements.

From the Neolithic period (ca. 10,000–2000 BCE) to the Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE), the art of Chinese pottery making developed as much in response to functional and aesthetic considerations as it did to technological improvements.