Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations and Tables -- Note on Currencies and Other Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Reinventing the Recipe -- Chapter 2. The Challenge of ...

The westward spread of the Chinese ceramics, known as "white gold," saw these objects become a fascination in upper-class households—and resulted in a damaged relationship between empires. A Ming ...

Japan's porcelain industry was kickstarted by events that shook the country 400 years ago. Andrew Lee visited Saga Prefecture ...

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The year my late grandfather Henry H. Arnhold introduced me to The Great Bustard, the most prized object in his collection of Meissen porcelain, I started glassblowing. His mother had begun collecting ...

Introduction -- The porcelain city: Jingdezhen in the eighteenth century -- The secrets of porcelain: China and the west in the eighteenth century -- The creation of porcelain: China and Eurasia, 2000 ...

Fragments of delicate Chinese porcelain, white with intricate blue swirls, make a curious contrast with other artifacts — mostly rusted metal or decayed wood — in the treasure fleet exhibit at the St.

Fragments of delicate Chinese porcelain, white with intricate blue swirls, make a curious contrast with other artifacts — mostly rusted metal or decayed wood — in the treasure fleet exhibit at the St.