After the Portuguese reached China in 1514 and Japan in 1542, they soon started trading with porcelain from these countries. Other Europeans also started to engage in the ceramics trade. During the 17 ...

This year, a special exhibition of Old Imari attracted visitors to the hometown of the porcelain, Arita, in southwestern Japan. But a closer look at the collection reveals that some ceramics are ...

ARITA, Saga Prefecture--Visitors to the Arita Porcelain Park here can learn more than just about the long history of Arita ware and how the area became the birthplace of Japanese porcelain.

ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes an early Japanese porcelain elephant form koro from c.1700 that made 12-times estimate at Woolley & Wallis.