From Organics to Ceramics? Exploring Organic Skeuomorphism in the Later Neolithic in Northern China

Exploring Organic Skeuomorphism in the Later Neolithic in Northern China

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ID6415057
AutoresNigel Wood (0000-0002-6086-9985, University of Oxford, autor de correspondencia)
Año2025
Número1
Fecha de publicación2025-07-31
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAnnali di Ca’ Foscari Serie orientale (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1125-3789 • E-ISSN: 2385-3042
EditorialEdizioni Ca’ Foscari (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.30687/annor/2385-3042/2025/01/009
OpenAlexW4412781218
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas14

Skeuomorphism in Chinese ceramics is a widespread phenomenon with examples known from the early Shang dynasty (sixteenth c. BC) through to modern times, and with metal, lacquer, jade and glass vessels all serving as models for the ceramics they inspired. With Neolithic pottery in China, however, the presence of skeuomorphic design is more difficult to assess. Nonetheless many Neolithic ceramics from northern China seem to embody influences from materials as various as basketwork, birch bark, leather and horn. This suggests that extensive skeuomorphism may once have operated at a much earlier stage in China’s ceramic history than the Bronze Age – namely the Neolithic period

Ancient history · Archaeology · Ceramic · China · Geography · Metallurgy · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Chinese history and philosophy · Environmental Science · Materials Science · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · History