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The Priceless Ming Jar Used as an Umbrella Stand | Christie’s

This magnificent and very rare large blue and white ‘Dragon’ jar was once used as an umbrella stand. After a team of Christie's specialists looked at the jar, they realised they were handling an incredibly important piece of Chinese porcelain from the Ming Dynasty. In this video, Chi Fan Tsang, a specialist in Chinese Ceramics

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Ceramic Review: Masterclass with Lisa Hammond

From her studio in a disused London railway ticket office, Lisa Hammond shares the processes she follows to create her soda-fired carved pouring bowls. Discover more inside Ceramic Review issue 283, which features the full step-by-step masterclass. You can order back issues of the magazine from ceramicreview.com. Film by Layton Thompson for Ceramic Review.

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Studio Visit with Ceramic Artist Jenny Hata Blumenfield | Christie’s

Los Angeles-based mixed-media ceramic artist Jenny Hata Blumenfield helps us reconsider the place of ceramics and pottery in contemporary art. ‘I see clay as having the widest range of expression,’ she explains. ‘By working with it the way that I do, I hope that steadily people will start to receive this idea of ceramics or

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