NOVA: I understand that quality and intensity of the blue pigment used in blue-and-white porcelain changed over time. Wu: Yes, the cobalt the Chinese potters first encountered in the late Yuan to ...

The earliest known examples of China's "high-quartz porcelain" have been uncovered ... unified structure of the Chinese nation. Covering an area of approximately 40,000 square meters, the Suyukou ...

Early attempts led to the creation of soft-paste porcelain, which, while bearing some resemblance to its Chinese counterpart, lacked the same durability and translucence. It wasn't until the early ...

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 ...

The Porcelain Room represents a contemporary interpretation of a historical Chinese porcelain room. Commissioned by Fondazione Prada and created by Tom Postma Design, the exhibition explores the ...

The decision to launch the foundation in Portugal is fitting: the country’s merchants were the first to begin regularly importing Chinese porcelain into Europe more than 500 years ago.

The teapot was made between 1744-47 and represents some of the earliest porcelain ... and there was a desire to produce porcelain to compete with expensive Chinese imports. The teapot's peony ...