During the Second Opium War (1856-60), Britain launched military action using the so-called Arrow Incident as a pretext. On ...

Marco Mansi returns to the Italian couturier’s London house (first published in American House & Garden in 1992) ,a deeply ...

Centuries ago, Jingdezhen exported its ceramics, including exquisite blue-and-white porcelain, to Central Asia, West Asia, ...

Paris Déco Off and Maison & Objet, France’s top homes and interiors fairs, kicked off yesterday, flooding the city with ...

The Paris court of appeal has ordered Galerie Kraemer to repay Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani what he paid after experts ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Columbia Professor Mae Ngai explains why the Chinese were coming to the U.S. during the late 1800s. She also describes the jobs that were available ...

Lisbon is having a moment. It is the place on everyone’s lips and its breezy sea views, glossy-tiled façades and red roofs feature on many Instagram feeds. The food surprises, with a depth far beyond ...

If someone admires your nubby butt, don’t take it personally — but do take it as a compliment. Chances are, they’re among enthusiasts who are paying as much as four figures for swung vases. Available ...

Can you chip in? This year we’ve reached an extraordinary milestone: 1 trillion web pages preserved on the Wayback Machine. This makes us the largest public repository of internet history ever ...

Thieves stole three porcelain works valued at €9.5 million from the Adrien Dubouche National Museum in Limoges, France, on September 4. The items, including Chinese porcelain dishes and an ...

Three porcelain artworks were stolen during a break-in at Limoges' Adrien Dubouché National Museum in the early hours of Thursday, the institution confirmed. According to an initial estimate provided ...

Two pieces of Chinese porcelain discovered in British charity shops could fetch thousands at auction. The pieces were taken to UK auctioneers Woolley and Wallis, where chairman and Asian art ...