Ever since Grace Young can remember, once a year on Lunar New Year’s Eve in San Francisco her mother would carefully take out her best china to use for the family reunion dinner – a feast including ...

Dixon Ngai dips a bamboo brush into orange paint before making a clean line on a porcelain plate, a stroke he has performed thousands of times. Hong Kong-born Ngai is a contemporary artisan ...

The factory is known for its Canton rose porcelain painted with a pigment called “xihong,” which means “Western red.” Its ingredients include lead oxide, quartz and gold dust. “Hong Kong’s export ...

The traditional technique of painting 'guangcai,' or Canton porcelain is a fading art in Hong Kong, as fewer young people are willing to put in the time and effort required to master the craft or to ...

Joseph Tso, the third-generation owner of the factory, and his small team are among the few people in Hong Kong who have mastered the traditional technique of painting “guangcai,” or Canton porcelain.