The Chinese snuff bottle, used to hold powdered tobacco, is the result of global trade that first began when Europeans were exposed to the plant following Christopher Columbus’ 1492 voyage to the ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Collecting news every morning. As a new graduate of art history in the late 1980s, Susan Page was flicking through the newspaper when a ...

WHAT: When Christie’s New York sold Part II of a private collection of Chinese snuff bottles last month, the 154 lots totaled just under $1 million. One, a sandwiched pink glass bottle in the form of ...

Masatoshi Fukumaru is a third-generation antiques dealer with a gallery in Kyoto, Japan, and high-end clientele in the United States. A regular contributor for Sotheby's and Christie's auction houses, ...

As everyone in the world knows, China has a great cultural heritage, which attracts people from all over the world to learn about China. With such a long, unbroken history and culture, China's ...

An office building shaped like a giant bottle of Chinese rice wine has become a unique landmark for the city of Yichang. The wacky high rise is built by Daohuaxiang, a popular Chinese liquor company, ...

In the summer of 2008, I took a life-changing trip to the Olympic Games in Beijing. (I was only a spectator. Alas, drinking still isn't an Olympic sport.) While there, I met up with one of my favorite ...