Ceramics Author:James MacKay Whether they're primitive coiled pots or today's elegant porcelain, ceramics are the most popular collectibles. The magnificent examples shown here give a superb idea of their variety and value: black Chinese vases elaborately painted with pretty pink flowers and curlicues; Meissen porcelain boxes and flasks from the mid-1600s, each with delicat... more »e pastoral pictures; and an alabaster Madonna and Child from 1738.« less