Past Auction Frans Snijders Flemish, 1579–1657 A still life of a basket of grapes, birds, including a partridge, snipe, sparrow and finch, two blue and white wan-li porcelain bowls with langoustines, ...

Blue and white Canton china has been popular for centuries Its decorations have meanings reflecting endurance, harmony in nature, movement, the old leading the young, or life. by Terry and Kim ...

For decades, scientists tried to decode the precise method of manufacturing Maya blue, but they did not succeed until 2008. By analyzing traces of the pigment found on pottery at the bottom of a ...