"White is truth," stated mystic-philosopher-scientist Emanuel Swedenborg. "It is the glowing cloud on the horizon that shows the Lord is coming. White is wisdom." The color that we usually think of as ...

The westward spread of the Chinese ceramics, known as "white gold," saw these objects become a fascination in upper-class households—and resulted in a damaged relationship between empires. A Ming ...

For all the China-bashing that seems to be the norm in America these days, few countries have a longer history of trade. In particular, elaborately hand-decorated tableware was the rage among early ...

Introduction -- The porcelain city: Jingdezhen in the eighteenth century -- The secrets of porcelain: China and the west in the eighteenth century -- The creation of porcelain: China and Eurasia, 2000 ...