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Tradeware ceramics in the Philippines range from Pre-Spanish arrival through the Manila Galleon of the Colonial period. Leading scholars in this field are Carl E. Guthe, Li Jian'an, Li Min, Olov Janse, and Robert Fox. The main periods of this trade include Yuan (1271–1368), Early Ming (1368–1464), Middle Ming (1465–1522), Late Ming (1522 ...
Kalinga Pottery and its Uses [4] A jar from the Philippines housed at the Honolulu Museum of Art, dated from 100–1400 CE. In Kalinga, ceramic vessels can be used for two situations: daily life use and ceremonial use. Daily life uses include the making of rice from the pots and the transfer of water from nearby water bodies to their homes.
Swatow ware or Zhangzhou ware is a loose grouping of mainly late Ming dynasty Chinese export porcelain wares initially intended for the Southeast Asian market. The traditional name in the West arose because Swatow, or present-day Shantou, was the South Chinese port in Guangdong province from which the wares were thought to have been shipped.
Philippine ceramics are mostly earthenware, pottery that has not been fired to the point of vitrification. Other types of pottery like tradeware and stoneware have been fired at high enough temperatures to vitrify. Earthenware ceramics in the Philippines are mainly differentiated from tradeware and stoneware by the materials used during the ...
Pottery (ceramics, clay, and folk clay sculpture) has been part of Filipino culture for about 3,500 years. [169] Notable artifacts include the Manunggul Jar (890–710 BCE) [170] and Maitum anthropomorphic pottery (5 BC-225 AD). [171] High-fired pottery was first made around 1,000 years ago, leading to a ceramic age in the Philippines. [135]
Mariwasa was established in March 1966 [1] by the brothers Emerson and Edison Coseteng [4] and was originally incorporated as the Mariwasa Manufacturing, Inc. (MMI) [5] with its name derived from the Filipino word for "prosperous". [6] It grew to become a major player in the tile industry in the Philippines with Mariwasa exporting some of its ...
At the time Crown Lynn was the southern hemisphere's largest producer of household pottery, and remained so up to at least 1978. At its height the factory employed 650 staff, produced about 17 million pieces annually, and exported to Australia, the Pacific Islands, south-east Asia, the US and Canada.
Bát Tràng porcelain and pottery is a type of ceramics made in the village of Bát Tràng, now merged into suburban Hanoi. The earliest refer of Bát Tràng kilns was in 1352. [13] The village is located in an area rich in clay suitable for making fine ceramic. Bát Tràng ceramics were esteemed with products rivaling that of Chu Đậu, and ...