Why Chinese ceramics in particular ... setting a new record for the most expensive vase. The Value talks about the vase’s “intriguing mechanism and superb craftsmanship” which made its auction debut ...

Identifying furniture can be tricky. Crediting a maker is often a matter of “style” or “attributed to.” Some makers’ names come to mean entire styles or time periods, like Chippendale ...

It offers a vibrant and colourful display for around £20-£30 a vase. High-value pieces are all Czech, Scandinavian and Murano, but watch out for Indian and Chinese copies... they are so clever! If ...

Alexander took in for auction a pair of Chinese vases valued at up to £400 and also ... eager to know the value of some of their most valued items. Many thanks to Maryanne and Alexander for ...

Though china painting is what Linda Schneeman and Karen Wiegand call a "dying art," both ladies have hope that sharing their ...

[Photo by Gao Erqiang/China Daily] When archaeologists removed the treasure vase at the top of the pagoda ... were mostly treasured objects of high value and given as offerings to the Buddha ...

Artists of all levels, critics and admirers alike have long wondered: What is art? Collectors of ceramics face a slightly more specific question: What is art pottery? To a collector, ...

The cup, which was part of Arzberg's Chromatics line, was manufactured between 1971 and 1973 and is highly coveted by collectors today. Pieces from the collection are known for their bold, colorful ...

Former financier Charles Stewart is bringing the 280-year-old auction house into the 21st century in a bid to modernise ...

Vincent van Gogh’s maverick talent has put him at the center of European culture for more than a century. His works make ...

And both, along with a recent find from China known as Archaefructus ... We've come to value them for their beauty alone, their scents, their companionship in a vase, a pot, on Valentine's ...

The twenty Chinese porcelain vessels, which spent over 300 years at the bottom of the South China Sea, will be sold later ...