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29000 BCE - 25000 BCE
Gravettian figurines including the Venus of Dolní Věstonice.
16000 BCE
Oldest pottery vessels known found in Japan
14000 BCE
Pottery production at the Amur River in modern-day Russia.
8000 BCE
Ovens in use in the Near East are applied to pottery production.
5500 BCE
Oldest faience workshop in Egypt founded at Abydos.
c. 4000 BCE
Creation at Uruk of first mass-produced bowls.
c. 2000 BCE
Pottery wheel introduced to Minoan civilization on Crete.
c. 1000 BCE
The first distinctive Greek pottery is produced, the Proto-geometric style.
c. 900 BCE
The Geometric style of Greek pottery is first produced.
675 BCE - 626 BCE
Fine bucchero pottery style in Etruria.
625 BCE - 575 BCE
Transitional bucchero pottery style in Etruria.
c. 625 BCE
Black-figure pottery created in Corinth.
c. 625 BCE - 600 BCE
The orientalizing style of Greek pottery becomes popular in Corinth.
c. 620 BCE - 600 BCE
Proto-corinthian reaches its zenith in artistic quality producing the best pottery in Greece.
600 BCE - 480 BCE
Attic black-figure pottery dominates the greek ceramic market.
575 BCE - 480 BCE
Heavy bucchero pottery style in Etruria.
c. 570 BCE - c. 560 BCE
The black-figure Francois Vase is produced in Attica by Ergotimos (potter) and Kleitias (painter).
560 BCE - 520 BCE
Chalkidian black-figure pottery is produced in southern Italy.
545 BCE - 530 BCE
Exekias, perhaps the greatest black-figure pottery painter is active.
530 BCE
The Andokides Painter invents red-figure pottery.
c. 530 BCE
Red-figure pottery style takes precedent over black-figure.
320 BCE
Last recorded examples of Attic Red-Figure Pottery.
c. 300 CE - c. 700 CE
Haniwa terracotta figurines are placed outside Japanese mound tombs or kofun.