Photo taken on June 8, 2022 shows a staff member displaying gene specimens of ceramics from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) at ...

For many centuries China held the secret to making the world's finest porcelain—white ... read "made during the Xuande era of the great Ming Dynasty." A commercial potter would make a mark ...

Three pieces of Ming-era porcelain were snatched from the museum with a combined insurance value of 3,580,000 US dollars. The items were an early 15th century bottle with a secret pomegranate ...

During the Ming dynasty, China’s population doubled, and the country formed vital cultural ties with the West. Ming porcelain, with its classic blue and white color scheme, became an especially ...

Sotheby’s via AP Share HARTFORD, Connecticut — A small, porcelain bowl bought for $35 at a Connecticut yard sale turned out to be a rare, 15th century Chinese artifact from the early Ming ...

"Based on the findings, we have concluded that the wall should be the Nanhai Wei City Wall, or the South China Sea Garrison Wall, dating to the Ming Dynasty." Porcelain produced in kilns in ...

He pacified the people by burying the last Ming emperor with ... The next 150 years saw China flourish. Trade and commerce grew. Painting, printmaking and porcelain manufacturing thrived.

Armed with electron microscopes, Raman spectrometers and an array of precision instruments, researchers are collecting data from each ceramic fragment to methodically build what they call a "genetic ...