Cosmic Cobalt, VERANDA's 2025 Color of the Year, quietly grabs attention with its bold blue pigment, offering a tranquil atmosphere thanks to its dimension and depth.

The David Vases are the best-known porcelain vases in the world because of the rare inscriptions around their necks, dating them to precisely AD 1351. When first discovered they were believed to ...

Whether ultramarine, cerulean, Egyptian or cobalt, blue pigments have colored artworks for centuries. ... (2024, February 22). A new vibrant blue pottery pigment with less cobalt. ScienceDaily.

During the Ming dynasty, China's porcelain production flourished, creating vases and cups that symbolised status and artistry, being extremely expensive.

A prominent old world collection of imperial ceramics fetched £46.5 million at a Sotheby's Hong Kong sale on Wednesday, with an early Ming cobalt blue Meiping vase going for a record £14 million.

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A rare Chinese vase dating from the 18th century has sold for nearly £1.5 million ($1.8 million) at auction. The gilded blue artifact was initially valued at £150,000 ($186,000), according to ...

At first, the young man, subtly veined with craquelure and rendered in cobalt blue on a tin-glazed ceramic Delft tile, appears to have come from the 17th or 18th century, when more than 800 ...

The vase was actually a rare 18th-century ceramic from China’s Qing Dynasty. And despite an original valuation of around $186,000, it just sold for $1.8 million at auction.

The researchers say that this new powder substantially reduces the amount of cobalt needed, resulting in a cheaper, easier-to-produce blue ceramic pigment. The authors acknowledge funding from the ...