This beautiful book tells the story of Chinese ceramics exported to Europe, the Middle East and South-East Asia through the V+A's extensive and celebrated collection. Chinese Export Ceramics illustrates the extraordinary range of styles and decorative patterns of Chinese export porcelain, the integration of European and Middle-Eastern shapes and designs, and the circulation and uses of exported objects in Europe, the Middle East and South-East Asia. Superb new photography reveals over 200 stunning pieces, dating from the fourteenth to the nineteenth centuries. This new book will appeal to both the academic and general reader.