An exceptionally rare 15th century porcelain bowl made in China that somehow turned up at a Connecticut yard sale and sold for just $35 was auctioned off Wednesday for nearly $722,000. The small, ...

China is a nation with a great civilization, and its ancient artifacts carry the country's memory. In the Living Artifacts animated series, cultural relics come alive to tell the stories they hold.

Fragments of delicate Chinese porcelain, white with intricate blue swirls, make a curious contrast with other artifacts — mostly rusted metal or decayed wood — in the treasure fleet exhibit at the St.

The plate, as well as a vase found at another U.K. thrift store, are bound for auction at Woolley and Wallis. The dish was identifiable by a six-character mark that connects it to the Daoguang period, ...

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 ...

Archaeologists have discovered the burial of a woman with a rare "porcelain gallbladder" who was interred at the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum's cemetery 100 years ago. When you purchase through ...

A woman in Scotland recently found a treasure at least 100 years old on her local beach. Nikki Halkerston, 45, from Dundee, Scotland, was looking for sea glass, pottery and shells on Broughty Ferry ...