Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The westward spread of the Chinese ceramics, known as "white gold," saw these objects become a fascination in upper-class ...

Nine items made from imperial Chinese porcelain believed to be worth millions were stolen from a museum in Cologne, Germany, in a brazen art heist carried out, per the museum “with great effort and ...

A sale at Sotheby’s of nearly 120 lots of rare, early 18th-century Meissen porcelain smashed all expectations in a live auction at its New York saleroom this morning. Porcelain objects from the famed ...

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For more than 1,000 years, Chinese porcelain has enchanted the world. Its exacting craftsmanship and exceeding beauty have made it a touchstone of Asian culture. While westerners have long found it ...

Archaeologists have retrieved more than 300 pieces of porcelain from an ancient sunken ship in the South China Sea off the Guangdong coast. These porcelain objects, mostly bowls, plates, pots and ...

In the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), craftsmen began to intentionally make porcelain with red under glaze in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, known as the capital of ceramics. In the Yongle Reign of the Ming ...

CUP THE Falangcai Poppy Bowl in your hands. Its rim pulls out, like a lower lip readying for a sip. The biscuit—the form of the vessel itself—is fine, semi-translucent when held to the light, ...

Porcelain dishes are often used as both decorative pieces and functional eating utensils; some people even give porcelain objects as gifts. Whether they are newer brands or antiques, the appeal of ...

Restored ceramics found at the former site of the Imperial Kiln, in Jingdezhen, present a variety of styles, forms, colored enamels and decorative motifs. JIANG DONG/CHINA DAILY An exhibition of these ...

Rotterdam-based artist Ruohong Wu aims to attach a new meaning to the phrase "made in China" by using the country's infamous mass-production methods to create unique porcelain vessels. In a bid to ...