Village in C China's Henan gives new lease on life to millennium-old Ru porcelain en.people.cn - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from en.people.cn Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Wang Junzi just returned a few days ago from a porcelain exchange meeting in Japan. "I shared our Ru porcelain culture with artists from abroad and also got a better look at what has recently been going on with porcelain development," says Wang, who is from Qingliangsi village, Baofeng county, Pingdingshan city, Central China's Henan province.
The British Museum contains many rare Chinese ceramic works but one piece classified as a Korean copy has turned out to be a Ru ware bowl now worth $21 million.
Dating back some 900 years to the time of Imperial China s Song dynasty, Ru official ware was noted for its lack of decoration and typically pale, duck-egg blue glaze.