A 900-year-old Chinese bowl has sold at an auction for nearly $27 million on Wednesday. The extremely rare item was only expected to receive a winning bid of about one-third the eventual total ...

Chinese craftsmen moulded new shapes and adapted Western motifs to satisfy their Western customers. Similarly, Japanese kilns churned out tumblers for their beer-drinking clients.

Porcelain made in Asia, however, possessed a mineral not readily found in Europe. This mysterious element, which gives Chinese “hard paste” porcelain its delicate quality, is known as kaolin.

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 ...

But over time Dutch potters began crafting their own precious blue and white ceramics. When porcelain arrived in Europe from China in the 16th Century it caused a sensation.

BEIJING - On Aug 13, the National Museum of China received a donation of 195 pieces of ancient porcelain recovered from the wreck of the Tek Sing, an important record of the prosperity of China's ...

Hegarty Antiques will have a large Chinese porcelain blue-and-white temple vase from the late Qing dynasty (1644-1912), for sale with an estimate of €300-€600 in its online auction on August 14th.

Now, here's the payoff. If you're really looking to immerse yourself in Chinese hallmarks, invest $100 or so and buy "The Handbook of Marks of Chinese Ceramics" by Gerald Davison.

Seventeenth-century Chinese porcelain from banker Anthony de Rothschild’s world-famous collection has been rediscovered in his daughter’s home. The pieces had been gifted to her in 1948 when ...

NANCHANG - Chinese water-ink painting, brighter Western watercolors and delicate porcelain are curiously integrated in the works of American artist Philip Read, making him a focus of attention at ...