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"History of Chinese Porcelain" is a monograph on the study of Chinese ceramics from a Western perspective, consisting of two parts. The first part is written by William Cosmo Monkhouse, a British art critic and expert on ancient Chinese ceramics, and the second part is written by Bo Shili, a famous British orientalist. It partly introduces the development characteristics of Chinese porcelain before the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty, the types and production techniques of Chinese porcelain, and the history of collecting Chinese ceramics in Europe. It also describes in detail the various patterns of Chinese porcelain, such as flowers, mythical animals, mythical characters, etc., And illustrates and explains the inscriptions on Chinese porcelain. The second part introduces the historical context of Chinese porcelain. The characteristics of porcelain at different stages are described in detail in chronological order.