For many centuries China held the secret to making the ... NOVA: Can you explain the differences between porcelain produced for imperial use and porcelain made for export? Wu: The court ...

Some of the earliest exchanges between South America and China emerged out of the porcelain trade. Chinese porcelain made its way to the Americas starting in the 16th century through the Manila ...

and porcelain ware were kept for use at any time. The External kitchen prepared the palace banquets, feasts, and sacrificial rites. The Yuanmingyuan Imperial Garden, the Summer Palace, and the ...

The 32-year-old artist, who has spent the past three years wandering through Jingdezhen, dubbed China's "porcelain capital", in Jiangxi Province, draws inspiration from his surroundings to craft ...

They began to make porcelain specifically for export to ... the Holy Land of Israel and Imperial China' — but the text's meaning remains unclear. 'All of us, we were very excited [by] this ...

[Photo provided to China Daily] Prince Kung's Palace Museum in Beijing ... vase and the white-glazed long-neck beast-handle vase. The Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln was an official porcelain production ...

Because Qubilai Khan is a thirteenth-century Chinese emperor and Xanadu merely the English form of Shangdu, his Imperial ... and-white porcelain is practically synonymous with China.