100 Best Books on Chinese Porcelain and Ceramics

Chinese Ceramics, by He Li: A New Comprehensive Survey: From the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
New York, 1996. General reference book on every area of Chinese Ceramics. Twin brick size and a “must have” on all topics on Chinese Ceramics. It could be added to in almost all specialist fields but it is a very good starting point that covers it all and gives a perspective, and I can hardly see that you will ever outgrow this reference work.

If your interest is wider than ceramics, there is an old classic by William Willets, Foundations of Chinese Art (London 1965), I warmly recommend too even if it has a few years on its neck. It is by and large a product of Swedish contribution to the field and it reflecs very much of the Swedish I would call solemn view of old China.

CLASSIC – best starting point – must have