* Japanese name: Ooruri * Scientific name: Cyanoptila cyanomelana * Description: The blue and white flycatcher is a handsome migratory songbird, about 16-cm long, with a vivid, electric-blue cap ...

Teapot, like many of its peers, has taken on a multicultural identity, featuring Japanese fare in addition to the standard Chinese culinary compendium.

Tea ceramics have long been a symbol of traditional Asian art. The ko-sometsuke and shonzui styles, or Chinese blue-and-white tea ceramics popular at the end of the Ming period were often used in ...

Putting a quirky twist on traditional Japanese crafts, Blue & White has been delighting customers with its original handiwork and unique crafts for over 40 years. Loyal patrons visit the Azabu ...

A bargain hunter who bought a broken porcelain teapot for £15 is celebrating today after it sold for a whopping £575,000. The blue and white teapot turned out to be one of the first pieces of ...

A blue and white teapot it undoubtedly is, but this squat china brewing vessel has a story to tell as university researchers have discovered. The teapot once took pride of place in a farmhouse on ...

A seemingly unassuming little blue and white teapot stirred up a bidding war when it went under the auction hammer during a sale at Oxburgh Hall.