An 18th Century Chinese vase, left for decades in a shoebox in France, has sold for 16.2m euros (£14.2m). The vase was auctioned at Sotheby's in Paris on Tuesday and sold for more than 20 times ...

If you want to explore some of the most exquisite pieces of pottery in history, and some of the most expensive vases, we’ll have to go back hundreds of years to the golden age of Chinese ceramics.

Experts said the vase could have been worth much more had it not been damaged A rare Chinese vase found under a table has sold for more than eight times its guide price despite fears damage would ...

Misconceptions about geisha that stem from highly sensationalized stories from Western perspectives flatten the complex cultural artistry of the profession. Detail of a Katsura, a geisha wig.

Flower vase by TaizoKuroda is available at Art of Japan Online - artnet ...

The Chinese paddlefish belongs to an ancient lineage of paddlefish that has been around for at least 100 million years. But in early 2020, a study concluded that the species has recently gone ...

Chinese cabbages are available all year, look for fresh, firm heads that feel heavy for their size. Tiny black flecks on the leaves are normal and harmless. Reject heads that look wilted, limp or ...

Acquired from a gift in 1892, this vase is a 19th century reproduction of a 5th century BCE Greek hydria depicting a scene from the Fall of Troy. While the original would have been water vessel in our ...

A Japanese girl is taken from her impoverished family to work as a servant in a geisha house and blossoms into the most captivating geisha of her day in this visually stunning adaptation.

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Two Waukegan men have been charged after they stole brass vases from tombstones and sold them for scrap, according to authorities. Marcos Mendez, 41, of the 3000 block of Illinois Route 120 ...