The ceramics are very old, with pieces of baked clay found in various archaeological sites. In Japan, the oldest ceramic pieces known to archaeologists were found in the area occupied by the Jomon culture about eight thousand years ago (or more).
Before the end of the Neolithic (or Polished Stone) period, which ranged from approximately 26,000 BC to around 5,000 BC, the skill in the manufacture of ceramic pieces left Japan and spread throughout Europe and Asia, not existing , however, a consensus on how this happened. In China and Egypt, for example, the use of ceramics dates back more than five thousand years. In the tombs of the pharaohs of Ancient Egypt, several ceramic vases contained wine, oils and perfumes for religious purposes.
One of the great examples of ancient Chinese ceramic art is expressed by the Xian warriors. There, in 1974, archaeologists found the tomb of Emperor Chi-Huand-di, who was born around 240 BC. To decorate it, a terracotta replica of an army of life-size soldiers was made. Terracotta is the term used for clay modeled and baked in an oven.
Many cultures, since the beginning, developed their own styles that, over time, consolidated trends and evolved in artistic improvement. Scholars confirm that pottery is the oldest of industries. She was born at the moment when the man began to use the fire-hardened clay. This hardening process, obtained by chance, has multiplied and evolved until today. Ceramics began to replace worked stone, wood and even vessels made of fruits such as coconut or the bark of certain cucurbits (porungas, gourds and cutes).
The first ceramics that are known are from prehistory: clay vases, without handles, which were colored in natural clay or were darkened by iron oxides. Construction ceramics and artistic ceramics with industrial characteristics only appeared in antiquity in large shopping centers. More recently, it went through a vigorous stage after the Industrial Revolution.