But the classification scheme was only widely adopted during the Han dynasty, which presided over China from 206 B.C.E. to 220 C.E ... Under later Chinese dynasties, among them the Yuan, Qing and Ming ...

At Hangzhou Museum in Zhejiang province, a fridge magnet shaped like a “little pink cup” has become highly sought after, and around 40,000 of these have been sold since late July. This magnet is ...

Though it has been eight years since he delivered the Budget, George Osborne has not lost his ability to spring a rhetorical ...

The 1,700 pieces of world-renowned Chinese ceramics constitute the largest donation in the British Museum’s nearly 300-year ...

"Emperor Wu Liu Che," a new original play by the Shanghai Peking Opera Company, is part of the 23rd China Shanghai ...

which revolutionised the dating for blue and white ceramics with their discovery, and a chicken cup used to serve wine for ...

Trustees of the Sir Percival David Foundation to donate 1,700 pieces of Chinese ceramics to the London museum Vases dating ...

The British Museum has received a donation of Chinese treasures worth more than $1 billion from the Sir Percival David ...

Sir Percival David’s collection, amassed in the early 1900s, includes prized vases and wine cups. “You simply couldn’t build ...

Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun. There is a phrase called “mukurikokuri.” According to the dictionary at hand, it is a metaphor for something frightening ...

When in 1266 Kublai Khan invited Niccolo and Maffeo Polo, respectively father and uncle of the legendary Venetian merchant ...