and consultant for the NOVA program "Sultan's Lost Treasure," reveals some of the carefully held secrets of early Chinese porcelain-makers. NOVA: As a curator of Asian art, you must have a keen ...

Its collection includes paintings, calligraphy, bronzeware, gold and silverware, ceramics and textiles, covering nearly all Chinese art forms from prehistoric times to the modern era. They have ...

Show more In China’s Greatest Treasures, BBC art historian Alastair Sooke travels through modern day China to discover that much of what defines Chinese culture today can be traced back through ...

In the Forbidden City, a rare artwork is on display for one month before it’s hidden away again for three years. Art ...

Show more In China’s Greatest Treasures, BBC art historian Alastair Sooke travels through modern day China to discover that much of what defines Chinese culture today can be traced back through ...

Here, Arab and African merchants exchanged the spices, ivory, medicines, rare woods, and pearls so eagerly sought by the Chinese imperial court. Seven times, from 1405 to 1433, the treasure fleets ...