Blue and White Chinese Porcelain
Celadon and Blue Glaze Porcelain Vase By Chloe LeRoy, Graduate Class 2025 Pottery, Ceramics, or Porcelain? Pottery, ceramics, and porcelain are different categories of fired objects. Ceramics is the broadest category as it includes any material that, once heated, cannot be returned to its original state, such as clay or some minerals and metals. Pottery is a ceramic made from only clay and includes earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain. Porcelain is a type of pottery that uses clay rich in the mineral Kaolin and is fired at a higher temperature than other types of pottery. The composition and high firing temperature...