When Zheng Guoliang and his team members were assigned the special mission of making porcelain for the late Chairman Mao Zedong, he knew they had to succeed, come hell or high water. It was the ...

Chinese artisan and craftsman Chen Wenzeng is in high demand for the quality of his work. [Photo/www.ce.cn] The Ding porcelain firing technique, which had disappeared for 800 years, is now back in use ...

An experienced craftsman carves the translucent sections on a "Linglong porcelain "vase, one of the highest categories of traditional porcelain from Jingdezhen, Jiangxi. [Photo provided to China Daily ...

A staff member works at a Ru porcelain workshop in Ruzhou City, central China's Henan Province, March 13, 2019. Ruzhou City is famous for making Ru porcelain. Fired in kilns, Ru porcelain forms glazes ...

China has a long history of pottery making. Shouzhou porcelain has been known for its yellow-glazed wares since the fifth century, that's almost 2000 years ago. In Anhui province, there are remains of ...

Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev only met in person at the Sundance premiere of the Ukraine war documentary. By Brendan Bellomo From the start, Slava Leontyev and I, as co-directors of the ...

In China’s porcelain capital of Jingdezhen, ceramics have been woven into the very fabric of the city for centuries. At its core, the Taoyangli historical and cultural district is a beacon of this ...

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CHIEF INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: Next, a very different conversation about the importance of art. The acclaimed documentary, “Porcelain War,” has reached the Oscar shortlist. It’s ...

Number 520 holds sugar; 375 and 2,213 are upturned on the dish-rack, drying; and 2,831 is half-filled with coffee and rimmed in lipstick. Gesturing from the kitchen table with a cherry is Uli Aigner, ...

Slava Leontyev and Brendan Bellomo join the show. The acclaimed documentary "Porcelain War" has reached the Oscar shortlist. It follows the Kharkiv-based artists Slava Leontyev and Anya Stasenko, who ...

As China's ancient porcelain capital, Jingdezhen is both traditional and youthful. Through urban renewal, it has come back as a fashionable city and a magnet for young ceramists from China and beyond.