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 ...

China kept porcelain’s ingredients and production process a closely guarded secret, inspiring scientists across Europe to experiment with materials and formulas. The first European porcelain ...

Loaded with Chinese silk, porcelain, and lacquerware ... This took place half a century before the first Europeans, rounding the tip of Africa in frail Portuguese caravels, 'discovered' the ...

Young Post met Joseph Tso Chi-chung, one of the few remaining Cantonese porcelain artisans left in Hong Kong. Tso still runs his own business in Kowloon Bay, Yuet Tung China Works – the first ...

Remnants of the Suyukou kiln were first discovered in 2017 in Yinchuan ... site the earliest discovery of "high quartz porcelain" in China. Thus, this technology did not originate during the ...

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 ...