Local artists soon began developing their own designs. During the Jingtai period of the Ming Dynasty, cloisonne became known as "Jingtailan", meaning "the blue of the Jingtai era" thanks to the ...

Most pieces date back to the 18th-century Qing Dynasty, as the three Qing emperors were avid collectors of antique ceramics and commissioned many historic pottery styles and glazes to be recreated ...

The Qing dynasty lasted over 250 years. China had been ruled by emperors from other dynasties for over two thousand years. Why did this system suddenly collapse in 1911? This is one of the big ...