Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The westward spread of the Chinese ceramics, known as "white gold," saw these objects become a fascination in upper-class ...

For all the China-bashing that seems to be the norm in America these days, few countries have a longer history of trade. In particular, elaborately hand-decorated tableware was the rage among early ...

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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations and Tables -- Note on Currencies and Other Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Reinventing the Recipe -- Chapter 2. The Challenge of ...

THE MUSEUM OF AMERICAN PORCELAIN ART located in SOUTH EUCLID was founded in 2014 by Richard A. Barone, a Cleveland investment manager, who began collecting porcelain art in the 1960’s. In 2004, Barone ...