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 ...

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 ...

Shiny and smooth, soft in color, and perfectly shaped, porcelain has been the ultimate embodiment of Chinese aesthetics for thousands of years. From a vase, to a jar, to an incense burner, they are ...

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, ...

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 ...

Here is a silent film produced by General Electric that depicts the making of many kinds of porcelain insulators for power lines. Skilled craftsmen molded, shaped, and carved these vital components of ...