For bathroom ambience, pour bath salts into the bottom of of a vase. Add a short candle ($3 from Pier 1 Imports) to create a hurricane lamp. MCT photo If you’re like me, you have tons of old flower ...

Chinese porcelains are among the hardest for an average collector to identify and date. They have been made for centuries and it is considered a tribute, not an attempt to fool a customer, to copy a ...

nepalnepal — It was just an old Chinese vase that had been in the family for 80 years. It turned out to be much more. When the intricately painted 18th-century piece went on the block at Bainbridges, ...

In the early 2000s, archaeologists began exploring the remains of an ancient city in what is now known as Guatemala. Among their discoveries at the Cotzumalhuapa site were a trove of 21 deposits ...

It’s almost March, which means you may or may not have old Valentine’s Day vases sitting around. If the spot where your thriving holiday flowers once were looks drab or empty, don’t let it stay like ...

BLOOMINGTON -- A birthday bouquet, anniversary roses, Mother's Day bunches -- over the years, the vases really add up. "People put those in closets or boxes, and before they know it they realize they ...

A centuries-old Chinese vase smashed to pieces when a museum visitor tripped on his shoelace is back on display — as part of an exhibition on art restoration. A centuries-old Chinese vase smashed to ...

Satsuma pottery is from Japan. It was made in the 1860s and was sometimes purchased by American visitors to Japan and brought home. During World War I, American housewives who enjoyed hand-painting ...

An Australian home stylist and author has revealed how to up-cycle old vases and transform them into stylish ceramic-looking décor. Geneva Vanderzeil, from Brisbane, shared the method to her social ...

Researchers discovered opium biomarkers in a 2,500-year-old alabaster vase using nondestructive techniques. The findings provide chemical proof that ancient Egyptians likely consumed opium ...