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So how can a collection of porcelain be worth such a mind-boggling amount? The market for Chinese ceramics – always regarded as the most exquisite in the world – has been booming for years as ...
The British Museum said on Wednesday it would receive 1,700 pieces of world-renowned Chinese ceramics worth around 1 billion pounds ($1.27 billion), in the largest donation in its nearly 300-year ...
The 97-year-old Brazilian has opened a foundation in Portugal to house the world’s most significant selection of Ming and Qing export porcelain Renato de Albuquerque, standing outside the ...
Among the works on display will be a large number of the first ceramics commissioned by Portugal from China in the mid 16th century. The Albuquerque Foundation holds more than 2,600 Chinese works ...
China’s “Porcelain Capital” Jingdezhen is attracting droves of young people drawn to the city of artisans in search of an escape from the urban rat race among its ceramics workshops.
The British Museum has been gifted one of the world's most prodigious collections of Chinese ceramics, worth £1 billion ($1.27 billion), in what is likely the highest-value donation of art ever ...