Made exclusively for the Northern Song court, Ru Kiln porcelain wares are by far the most celebrated of Chinese ceramics, ...

Nicolas Chow, chairman of Sotheby's Asia and worldwide head of Asian art, writes in his preface for Liu's collection of ...

This is a rare surviving seal from the imperial court of the Ming Dynasty. The tiny cup stands no more than 4 cm tall with a diameter of 8.2 cm. It depicts a red rooster and a golden hen in the ...