A pair of rare Ming Dynasty fish jars dating from the 16th century have sold for £9.6 million ($12.5 million) at auction, ...

The decorative motif of the 'blue lotus' (青蓮 qinglian) featured in the current lot was highly popular throughout the Qing dynasty, carrying deep symbolic ... See a similar blue and white 'lotus' ...

For many centuries China held the secret to making the world's finest porcelain—white, translucent ceramic ... during the Xuande era of the great Ming Dynasty." A commercial potter would make ...

A bird's-eye view of the Taoyangli historical and cultural district at the heart of Jingdezhen in Jiangxi province, which is ...

Modelling their china on the blue and white glazes found in the porcelain of the Ming Dynasty, the Meissen painters created patterns that became known as “onions,” due to their resemblance to the root ...

In Europe, blue-and-white porcelain is practically synonymous with China. And we've always associated it with the Ming Dynasty. But it was the David Vases, now in the British Museum, that made us ...

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, established his capital ... If they say the white kidney of the sheep, it means the testis. The ovaries of the white horse is a very ...

The world's most expensive privately owned vases originally come from China. They are all imperial porcelains, made by royal ...

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A recent study by Chinese researchers has found that the collapse of the Ming Dynasty, one of the most important dynasties in Chinese history, may have been triggered by the Wanli megadrought ...

For a large part of the world, white elephants ... Then, in 1644, the Ming Dynasty was overthrown, and in the ensuing political chaos Chinese production of porcelain collapsed, leaving the market ...

For instance, the most expensive pottery types include pottery from the Ming Dynasty ... the neck and base are made of ruby porcelain and styled with flowers and accented enamel. 10. Chinese Yongzheng ...