(laughs) APPRAISER: Well, this is a Chinese porcelain bowl, and what captured my eye was, first of all, the brilliant copper-red glaze and ... that there's a reign mark on the underside.

For more than 1,000 years, Chinese ... 500 years, porcelain objects had become so coveted that Emperor Zhenzong decreed all such pieces made during his reign would carry his mark, so as to ...

The giant Chinese porcelain fish bowls had been ignored ... They measure 18 by 21 inches and are stamped with the iron-red Dayazhai character mark enclosed within an oval medallion with a dragon ...

Lars Tharp visits China to explore why Chinese vases are so famous and expensive, visiting the mountain where porcelain was first created and Jingdezhen, the porcelain capital. Show more In ...

The history of the West’s obsession with Chinese porcelain is well known. In the 16th century, enterprising European merchants began supplying their home markets with Chinese porcelains made ...