2024 - MuseCeramics

Majolica: Techniques and Features

Kelly Shipley09/20/202403/24/2025

People who are not familiar with pottery, often confuse it with faience. At first glance, the similarity is really not…

National Museum of Kyoto – Kyoto, Japan

Kelly Shipley05/10/202403/21/2025

The Kyoto National Museum, located in one of Japan’s most historically significant cities, is not only an important cultural center,…

Pottery is older than the wheel!

The oldest pottery found by archaeologists dates back to about 14,000 years B.C., while the first wheel did not appear until about 3,500 B.C. This means that humans mastered the art of working with clay and firing long before they invented the wheel!

One of the oldest ceramic artifacts is considered to be the “Venus from Dolní Vestonice” found in the Czech Republic and created about 29,000 years ago. It proves that pottery was used not only for utilitarian needs, but also for artistic and ritual purposes.

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