Perhaps the most skillful of all potters have been the Chinese. Excellent examples of their virtuosity are the double-gourd vases, made from the 16th century onward, which were turned in separate ...

The Mongol Empire spread along the ancient Silk Road and made it ... but the main body of each vase has a slender Chinese dragon flying around it - elongated, scaled and bearded, with piercing ...

No ancient Chinese books tell how the stele was lifted ... Each coffin was surrounded by pieces of jade, porcelain vases and twenty-six red lacquered wooden boxes filled with precious funeral ...

an ancient Chinese vase; and a bronze eagle finial atop a Napoleonic flag. Nobody has ever been charged with the crime and ...

According to Jorge Luis Borges, the ancient Chinese had a very simple system ... those that have recently broken an expensive vase, stray dogs, and suckling pigs (presumably mature pigs became ...

An ancient Chinese practice, feng shui is all about cultivating ... Although often used as a cut flower placed in a vase, this plant can be grown indoors. You will want to find a potted plant ...

Every year, large numbers of Chinese students follow Luo's example to leave their academic footprints at foreign institutions. And the enthusiasm has extended beyond campus, with general reading ...

This article is based on a trip to Guangzhou and Guilin, China, undertaken by a group of Sabah journalists from August 19 to 24. The visit was organised by the Consulate General of the People's ...

It's almost too pretty to eat in here.

Like much else involving luck and good fortune, these claims are based on ancient stories, traditions and symbolism ... "I ...

As the Chinese economy roars ... uniformed security guards, and vases of fresh-cut flowers. Her yartsa is exhibited in dozens of museum-style glass cases, the temperature and humidity precisely ...