A long staircase leads to the final resting place of a centuries-old military commander ... along with grave goods like a black-glazed porcelain basin, a white porcelain cup, a bronze mirror ...

Embedded in the centre of the mihrab, or prayer niche, of the 16th-century Masjid Al Ali is a Chinese porcelain dish.Other mosques in Oman have similar examples of Chinese porcelain, and broken ...