A selection of ceramics through the ages (5 second delay) Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology The Collections:
PotWeb: Ceramics online
@ the Ashmolean Museum		 • Early Europe & Near East
• Classical to Medieval
• Europe from 1500
• Oriental & Islamic
Ceramic Collections (some links are currently inactive)

The Ashmoleans's ceramic collections are not only of world-class importance but are wide-ranging. They are split into four categories which are further sub-divided as follows:
Early Europe & Near East Classical to Medieval: Europe from 1500: Oriental and Islamic:
• Prehistoric Europe • Greek • English delftware • Chinese
• Ancient Egyptian & Nubian • Etruscan • English porcelain • Indian & South-east Asian
• Ancient Greek • Roman • French & German porcelain • Islamic
• Cypriot • Romano-British • Italian maiolica • Japanese 
• Near East • Anglo-Saxon • Spanish lustreware • Japanese Export Porcelain
    • Byzantine • Staffordshire salt-glaze  •  Japanese Domestic Porcelain 
    • Medieval Europe • Studio pottery    
        • English stoneware    
        • Rhenish stoneware    
        • English Earthenware    

As a first step PotWeb has focused on the Museum's superb collection of medieval and later ceramics. Ultimately it will be expanded to encompass all the collections throughout the Museum.
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