NOVA: And what makes Chinese porcelain so durable ... court mark would read "made during the Xuande era of the great Ming Dynasty." A commercial potter would make a mark that just read "made ...

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, established his capital in Nanjing (Chinese for southern ... Besides the porcelain ware fired in the Chai, Ru, Guan, Ge and Rao kilns ...

While ancient Chinese porcelain has been found in Israel before ... Mount Zion has more secrets to share, and this Ming Dynasty masterpiece is proof that history’s greatest stories often ...

The colorful porcelain bowl fragment is thought to date from 1520 to 1570 and appears to have originated in China's Ming dynasty. The Ming dynasty—lasting from A.D. 1368 to 1644—ruled China ...

The porcelain bowl fragment likely arrived in Jerusalem due to developing trade between the Ottoman Empire and the imperial Ming Dynasty of China, the researchers said. During the early 16th ...

Early in the Ming Dynasty ... wine jar, Chinese chessmen, glass beads, and other personal items and tableware. Like the Brunei wreck, on which this diver has uncovered a porcelain artifact ...

A small bowl bought for just $35 (£25) at a market sale in the US state of Connecticut has turned out to be a rare 15th-Century Chinese artefact ... of the early Ming [Dynasty] period," Ms ...

The earliest archaeological evidence of a relationship between the land of Israel and China has been uncovered by chance in Jerusalem. A fragment of a porcelain bowl was found on Mount Zion during an ...

The bowl dates back to 1520-1570, and originated in the Ming Dynasty. “Ancient Chinese porcelain vessels were previously found in Israel, but this is the first to bear an inscription,” say the ...

On Wednesday in London, Sotheby’s sold a pair of rare 16th-century Ming Dynasty Chinese jars decorated ... also marks the highest priced Chinese artwork sold at auction worldwide this year. The ...