They were originally altar vases, commissioned by a man called Zhang Wenjin, and presented as an offering to a Daoist temple. Who created the first blue-and-white porcelain? The David Vases were ...

The following two utensils typically represent this genre. The blue-and-white porcelain vase with four scholars and their cherished floras The vase is held in Wuhan Museum, Hubei. There are four ...

Blue-and-white porcelain developed to technical maturity in the Yuan Dynasty, but it was not until the 1950s that people learned about it. On a pair of vases acquired in 1927 by Sir Percival David ...

Hidden in plain sight in Brett Whiteley’s Archibald Prize-winning portrait Self Portrait in the studio is a blue and white ceramic vase that gives a hint to the artist’s lesser-known obsessions.

Human history as told through things left behind. Today, Neil MacGregor is with a pair of blue-and-white porcelain vases from Yuan dynasty China. Show more The history of the world as told through ...