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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.
c. 625 BCE

Black-figure pottery created in Corinth.
c. 625 BCE - 600 BCE

The orientalizing style of Greek pottery becomes popular in Corinth.
625 BCE - 575 BCE

Transitional bucchero pottery style in Etruria.
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.
c. 530 BCE

Red-figure pottery style takes precedent over black-figure.
530 BCE

The Andokides Painter invents red-figure pottery.
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.