the porcelain became a major export for China that was copied globally. At its peak, Jingdezhen employed more than a million men, women and children in 3,000 kilns in the 18th century. The ...
produces a result comparable to and even superior to the best lacquer from China (Rhus vernicifera or Rhus verniciflua), according to reports from the 18th century. "After all these steps ...
Household utensils or objects for ritual use, gourds are present in various cultural environments in Brazil, especially in indigenous or riverside ...
This elegant early 18th-century saucer and tea 'bowl ... off Ca Mau in Vietnam in 1998. The wrecked Chinese ship contained a huge cargo of porcelain destined for Europe, where there was a ...
The unsophisticated functionality of Lowestoft products with their inscribed legends and simple floral motifs in blue or, increasingly from the 1770s in polychrome enamels, all combine to impart a ...
Post-Wall, the factory assumed various names and guises until 1862 when it became the Royal Worcester Porcelain ... century was defined by a re-evaluation and added appreciation of the very earliest ...
What does Autumn mean to you? Traditionally, it meant the abundance of the harvest, a celebration of ripeness and maturity.
Last week, China's Commerce Ministry announced new export bans on shipments of antimony, gallium, germanium, and "superhard materials" to the United States. The move retaliates against Washington ...