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• - Photographs and comments by Dr. Toshio Noda on Imari porcelain of 17th and 18th-century Japan, including wares for daily use. Profile of the author.
  
• - Reproductions of five types of Greek vases geometrical, Corinthian, black or red figure vase, and white ground vases. Site provides magnificent color galleries of sample work.
  
• - Tour of the National Gallery of Art's collection.
  
• - A guide to the methods of making English pottery in the 13th and 14th centuries.
  
• - Information relating to Astbury Pottery, providing a large database of pottery related facts and links.
  
• - History of kutani kilns from origin up to now. History of most famous kutani painters. Kutani library and virtual museum.
  
• - Information about three major types of pottery this site calls East Asian Pottery, Pre-Colombian American, and Western Pottery. Includes sample images of each type.
  
• - Bringing together people with an interest in the pottery vessels that were made, traded, and used in Europe between the end of the Roman period and the 16th century.
  
• - The history of the potteries of Thomas Goodfellow I & II. Rhead & Goodfellow, Bathwell & Goodfellow of Burslem, Thomas Goodfellow of Tunstall.
  
• - Historical background on Famous Potters, bottle kilns and other beneficial information.
  
• - Informational and education site about the region's FolkArt Potters and their wares. Includes brief biographies of some of the most outstanding artists such as Burlon Craig, Charles Lisk, and others who work in this area. Includes books and videos availab
  
• - History of Talavera, a tin-glazed majolica like pottery made in Mexico since the 16 th Century.
  
• - Arita porcelain (in Japanese "Arita-yaki") is the fine white porcelain produced in the city of Arita, Japan. "Yaki" in Japanese can mean either earthenware pottery or porcelain.
  
• - Foo (fu) dog history. Pictures of collectibles and links to selling sites.
  
• - Online gallery of ware from the Diana Pottery, Marrickville Australia (1940-75).
  
• - An exhibition of tiles, with references, from the 14th-17th century collected by Lockwood de Forest in 1880-86 while in partnership with Louis Comfort Tiffany.
  
• - In regard to its size, rich variety and high quality, Topkapi Palace has the most valuable collection of Chinese and Japanese porcelain in the world. Photographs of a selection.
  
• - A very brief history of Mexican ceramics from pre-hispanic times to contemporary art. Illustrated.