Understanding the rarity of his find, he also reached out to antique Chinese porcelain groups on Facebook. Enthusiasts and experts within these groups confirmed the value of the plate.

Yet the answers remained elusive — until his quest connected him remotely with researchers at the Jingdezhen Ancient Ceramic ...

Armed with electron microscopes, Raman spectrometers and an array of precision instruments, researchers are collecting data from each ceramic fragment to methodically build what they call a "genetic ...

Wondering about the secrets behind a rare porcelain plate, the Dutch collector Ton Letwory found hope in Jingdezhen Ancient Ceramic Gene Bank, the first of its kind in the world. With help from ...

"For me, learning about Chinese ceramics means learning more about the history of China," Heijmans said. The plate's attribution, though not what Letwory had hoped, reveals a deeper truth about ...