Terminology

Chronology	Greenware (Celadon)	Black ware	White Ware	Underglaze Decoration	Overglaze decoration
Shang (1800 - 1028 BC)	Zhejiang Proto-porcelain
Zhou (1027 - 221 BC)
Chin (221 - 206 BC)
Western Han (206 BC - 12 A.D)
Eastern Han (25 - 221 A.D)	Old Yue Greenware
3 kingdom (219 - 316 A.D)
Jin/North/South Dynasties (317 - 580 A.D)		Black Glaze from Deqing kiln	white ware from Fan cui tomb in Northern Dynasties	Yue greenware with underglaze iron brown decoration
Sui (581 - 618 A.D)			Other white wares in Sui tombs and Sui kiln
Tang (618 - 906 A.D)	Yue Greenware	Lushan black glaze with bluish splashes　 Yaozhou teadust	Xing Ware Gongxian ware	Changsha underglaze iron/copper decoration White glaze with green splashes from Northern China kiln
5 Dynasties (907 - 960 A.D)	Yue Greenware Yaozhou Greenware		Xing Ware Ding ware
Liao (907 - 1125 A.D) Northern Song (907 - 1127 A.D) Southern Song (1128 - 1279 A.D) Jin (1115 - 1234 A.D)	Ru ware Jun ware Yaozhou Greenware Yue Greenware Xiuneisi/Jiaotanxia Guanwares Longquan Greenware	Jian Temmoku Jizhou ware Yaozhou/Henan black/brown glaze	Liao white ware Ding ware Jingdezhen qingbai cizhou white/curve/sgraffiato Dehua white ware Jingdezhen qingbai	Yue underglaze iron brown cizhou underglaze iron black/brown Northern China black glaze with iron rust motif Jizhou underglaze iron brown	Overglaze red/green/yellow enamelled cizhou type
Yuan (1260 - 1368 A.D)	Longquan Greenware Jun ware		Jingdezhen qingbai Jingdezhen Shufu ware cizhou white/curve/sgraffiato	Jingdezhen Yuan blue and white Jingdezhen Underglaze copper red cizhou underglaze iron black/brown	Jingdezhen overglaze enamelled red/green
Ming (1368 - 1644 A.D)	Longquan Greenware		Yongle Tianbai Late Ming Dehua blanc de chine cizhou white/curve/sgraffiato	Imperial kiln underglaze blue and white/copper red Jingdezhen Folk kiln Ming blue and white Ming folk kiln Underglaze red Yunnan Yuxi blue and white Swatow late Ming blue and white cizhou type underglaze iron black/brown	Jingdezhen Imperial kiln overglaze enamelled wucai/doucai wares Jingdezhen folk kiln overglaze enamelled ware
Qing (1644 - 1912 A.D)				JIngdezhen blue and white Jingdezhen underglaze red Jingdezhen underglaze red/blue Dehua blue and white Late Qing Hunan Lining underglaze decoration	Famille verte (wucai) Late Kangxi/Yongzheng Famille rose (fencai) Mandarin (Canton) decoration Late Qing Qianjiang
Republican (1912 A.D)					Famille rose /Famille verte Qianjiang Imported water color decoration New Fencai "literaliti painting" by 8 friends of Zhushani