The Pinner Qing Dynasty Vase is an 18th-century Chinese porcelain piece, holding the record for the most expensive antique ever sold. This vase, adorned with intricate floral designs and vibrant ...

European craftsmen set about trying to emulate the Chinese art form ... And Stoneware? As for why porcelain is more expensive than regular earthenware or stoneware, it's because making porcelain ...

A major, and maybe surprising, source of these tropes? The Chinese porcelain dishes and figurines that first arrived in Europe by sea in the 16th century, brought by traders who originally used ...

Analysis: Here's how one of the rarest pieces of Chinese porcelain in the world ended up in the National Museum of Ireland It may come as a surprise to many readers that one of the world's rarest ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Handmade ceramics aren't cheap, but porcelain is often even more expensive. Compared to other ceramics, porcelain is non-porous, white, and translucent. The secret ...

The teapot is part of a large collection and was made at a time when tea drinking was becoming fashionable and there was a desire to produce porcelain to compete with expensive Chinese imports.