KNOXVILLE, Tenn — Her age is just a number. Ruth Widener has the energy and attitude of someone decades younger. "I may be 97, almost 98, but I've still got work to be done," she said. The work Ruth ...

Gretchen Small was browsing a Moline antique shop some 30 years ago when she picked up a pretty little china tray, the kind that sat on woman's dresser, holding a hairbrush and comb.

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

"New Export China provides a materials-focused framework for contemporary Chinese art, taking works in porcelain by international artists Ai Weiwei, Liu Jianhua, Ah Xian, and Sin-ying Ho as case ...

The Chinese artwork, dating from the Qing dynasty, went under the hammer at The Cotswold Auction Company’s Antiques and Interiors sale in Cirencester on January 20 and 21. Styled after the Ming ...