Flower designs on 8,000-year-old Mesopotamian pots reveal a “mathematical knowledge” perhaps developed to share land and ...

We all know the iconic Delft pattern: the blue-and-white windmills, peacocks, florals that hail from Holland and are as deeply Dutch as Vermeer. But until recently, it lived chiefly on pottery. For ...

Images of plants painted on pottery made up to 8,000 years ago may be the earliest example of humans’ mathematical thought, a study has found.

Q. I have a vase and a pair of candleholders which were given to me by my aunt. As you can see in the photograph, they are decorated with pine cones and are marked Roseville, U.S.A., with some numbers ...

Kenny Sing is a graphic designer and ceramist who creates zoetrope designs on ceramics. As the piece spins under an extremely fast strobe light, the shapes look like they're moving and changing. This ...

A new study suggests flower patterns painted on 8,000-year-old pottery reveal early ideas of balance, symmetry and numerical ...

A rare painted pottery fish-pattern basin from the Yangshao Culture period was discovered at a pit in Cuijiahe village, North China's Shanxi Province, with details released to the public by research ...

A Mycenaean stirrup jar in CU's collection bears a v-shaped pattern on its shoulders in the spaces between the handles, as well as between the handles and spout. This pattern is frequently found on ...

The Ancestral Pueblo people who lived on the austere New Mexico landscape between the early 10th and early 14th centuries undoubtedly spent most of their time securing food, shelter, and clothing. But ...