Chinese porcelains are among the hardest for an average collector to identify and date. They have been made for centuries and it is considered a tribute, not an attempt to fool a customer, to copy a ...

The vase is thought to have left China about 150 years ago A vase found in a house clearance in London has been sold for £43m, thought to be a record for any Chinese artwork. The 18th Century Qianlong ...

The latest Dezeen competition offers readers the chance to win one of 10 vases by British designer Jack Laverick. This competition is now closed. Congratulations to the winners, which are Jodie Green ...

The Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has dismissed suggestions that his recent ceramic sculptures were inspired by the work of the Berlin-based Lebanese artist Raed Yassin. Yassin says he was alerted to the ...

The artwork’s last owner purchased it for just a few hundred pounds. Photo courtesy of Dreweatts When Mark Newstead first saw the blue-and-gold porcelain vase sitting in his friend’s kitchen in the ...