and consultant for the NOVA program "Sultan's Lost Treasure," reveals some of the carefully held secrets of early Chinese porcelain-makers. NOVA: As a curator of Asian art, you must have a keen ...

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 ...

And there's a special kind of vase that's called a rouleau vase that was made in China, because this is Chinese ... and you find in porcelain made in the late 17th and early 18th century.

These trade links brought not only exotic goods like spices but also elegant items such as porcelain, a prized commodity across the globe. While ancient Chinese porcelain has been found in Israel ...