On China's China For many centuries China held the secret to making the world's finest porcelain—white, translucent ceramic ware of such high quality that it produced a musical tone when struck.

Q. Who gave porcelain, discovered in China more than 1,000 years ago; its name? a. Mandarins of the Tang Dynasty (618-906 A.D.). b. Madame de Pompadour; an early impassioned collector. c. Marco ...

Biggest controversy: Japan couldn’t produce china without kidnapping Koreans. Porcelain was developed over centuries, as the Chinese refined their methods gradually between 2,000 and 1,200 years ...

China hasn't always been trying to catch up with the West. Gunpowder, the compass, paper and movable type: The Chinese are famous for inventing them all. A little less well known is that the ...

Lars Tharp visits China to explore why Chinese vases are so famous and expensive, visiting the mountain where porcelain was first created and Jingdezhen, the porcelain capital. Show more In ...

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 ...

The website arts.cultural-china.com has a detailed background of this long-established Chinese art form. Famille-rose “so called its pink enamel, first came into being during the Yongzheng reign ...

China has become trendy for Russians who once worshiped everything Western. Young people are learning Mandarin, and Chinese ...

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.

Where To Buy The “Chinese Blue Porcelain” Air Jordan 1 High If this incredible design has caught your eye, you can order a ...

The desirability of "porcelain skin" in China -- like the analogous light-skin beauty images in Japan, the Philippines, much of Southeast Asia, much of India, and much of everyplace else -- has a ...