It had few ornaments: a vase or two, an ashtray and a couple of ceramic figures.

A less expensive alternative, the ceramic figure, appealed to a much larger collecting public.

Placed beneath the plaque there is an appropriate ceramic figure of a white swan.

A tap on one shoulder and a ragged little girl offered a clutch of ceramic figures.

Her hands felt like crude ceramic figures baked until they were on the verge of cracking.

Twelve ceramic figures arranged in tiers, one for each child and grandchild.

Later, ceramic figures were buried instead of people.

"The children would love to hold wooden or ceramic figures."

Colorful pottery and ceramic figures stood on high tables, as well as several in bronze.

The production of these ceramic figures, which would later include animals and other forms, remained an important art form for 2000 years.