Editing Fine art (section)

==== Pottery ====
{{Main|Pottery|Ceramic}}
With some modern exceptions, [[pottery]] is not considered as fine art, but "fine pottery" remains a valid technical term, especially in [[archaeology]].  "Fine wares" are high-quality pottery, often painted, moulded or otherwise decorated, and in many periods distinguished from "coarse wares", which are basic utilitarian pots used by the mass of the population, or in the kitchen rather than for more formal purposes.

Even when, as with [[porcelain]] figurines, a piece of pottery has no practical purpose, the making of it is typically a collaborative and semi-industrial one, involving many participants with different skills.

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Baltimore Painter - Volute Krater - Walters 4886 - Side A.jpg|[[Ancient Greek art|Ancient Greek]] volute krater; 320–310 BC; ceramic; height: 1.1 m; [[Walters Art Museum]] ([[Baltimore]], US)
The David Vases.jpg|The [[David Vases]]; 1351 (the Yuan dynasty); porcelain, cobalt blue decor under glaze; height: 63.8&nbsp;cm; [[British Museum]] (London)
Oval basin or dish with subject from Amadis of Gaul MET DP320592.jpg|[[Renaissance art|Renaissance]] oval basin or dish with subject from Amadis of Gaul; circa 1559–1564; maiolica; overall: 6 × 67.3 × 52.4&nbsp;cm; [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] (New York City)
The Elements, Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory - Indianapolis Museum of Art - DSC00573.JPG|[[Rococo]] [[personification]]s of [[Classical element]]s; 1760s; by the [[Chelsea porcelain factory]]; [[Indianapolis Museum of Art]] ([[Indianapolis]], USA)
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