A ceramic jug found in Germantown, PA turns out to be an example of a significant 19th century protective relic and piece of art — a face jug — created by African American slaves and freedmen ...

Dragons were a symbol of luck and protection from natural disasters during the Tang Dynasty, archaeologists said.

On Friday, March 7, the Charles B. Wang Center hosted the opening of the solo exhibition titled “Cycles of Clay: The Ceramic ...

This distinctive type of ceramic face vessel first appeared in the American South in the mid-1800s. Jugs such as these are attributed to a small number of black slaves working as potters in the ...

She had briefly gone off track when she spied a small ceramic fragment nestled among rocks on a beach. "Usually I find [porcelain with] patterns, sometimes flowers … but this little face was ...