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Porcelain treasures raised to surface 700 years after shipwreck

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13 Sep 2022 - 8:22AM

Family donates a treasured Chinese porcelain dinner set to the Smithsonian

A porcelain serving dish from Yuet Tung China Works in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Brilliantly coloured and decorated with gold, the porcelain is known as Canton Rose because its pattern originated in Canton in the Qing dynasty. A San Francisco Chinese family has given the 145-piece dinner service to the Smithsonian in Washington.

12 Mar 2021 - 1:27PMvideocam
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Inside Hong Kong’s hand-painted porcelain factory

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21 Dec 2020 - 11:12AM
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