"He came over and showed me the vase, and I said something a bit dismissive like 'very pretty.' 'No, look at the base!' he ...

The 42-year-old said he was going to bring the vase, worth about S$315,280, to Hong Kong to have it valued, but instead ...

With dreamlike imagery and bold patterns, contemporary Iranian artists have reinterpreted the Persian miniature tradition.

The owner of a commercial antique sales company, who was mired in debt, has admitted to selling a collector’s antique vase ...

The exhibition curator James Knox is to be congratulated on bringing together an impressive collection of work that tells the story of a diverse grou ...

In the quiet of winter the cherry trees in the courtyard have withered yet the fruits continue to flourish in the porcelain works of Spanish ceramic ...

Japan had lived in relative isolation from the outside world. American gunboat diplomacy, instigated by Commodore Perry in 1853, opened up Japan for trade with the West. The Japanese did not wish to ...

Examples dating from the 1920s include Vanessa Bell’s Baie de l’Arène (1927) and Leslie Hunter’s Peonies in a Chinese Vase (1925). Around 110 works will be on display, with about half lent ...

Today marks the beginning of the Chinese “year of the snake.” The lunar calendar is different from the Gregorian in that it is primarily a “moon cycle” calendar rather than solar, which is what we ...

The 32-year-old artist, who has spent the past three years in Jingdezhen in Jiangxi province, China's "porcelain capital", ...