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| c. 540 |
| | | Khosrau I commissions a spectacular Spring Carpet for the floor of his hall of audience in Ctesiphon | |
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| c. 700 |
| | | The discovery of the technique of porcelain, the most delicate of all forms of pottery, is made in China | |
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| c. 750 |
| | | T'ang potters make vigorous and brightly coloured figures, of horses, camels or human attendants, to accompany the dead in the grave | |
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| c. 800 |
| | | The script known as Carolingian minuscule (basis of the modern roman typeface) is developed by Alcuin and his scribes at the monastery of Tours | |
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| c. 816 |
| | | Work begins in Rheims on the Utrecht Psalter, an outstanding example of the Carolingian illuminated manuscript | |
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| c. 1080 |
| | | Work begins on the story of the Norman conquest, narrated in embroidery in the Bayeux tapestry | |
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| c. 1100 |
| | | Chinese potters in the Song dynasty develop the wares known as celadons, with thick transparent green glazes | |
|  | Celadon wine jug
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| c. 1200 |
| | | Terracotta heads and figures are buried in graves in the region of Djenné in modern Mali | |
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| c. 1250 |
| | | A Japanese potter, returning from China, makes Seto the centre of ceramic production in Japan | |
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| c. 1300 |
| | | The formalities of the Tea Ceremony demand equivalently exquisite wares from the Japanese potters | |
|  | Tea Ceremony house
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