“Produced primarily in the Staffordshire region, a pottery hub during the Industrial Revolution, these figurines were crafted from earthenware or porcelain and meticulously hand-painted,” says ...

Remember being a wide-eyed kid looking at a perfectly arranged nativity scene? The brightly painted figurines of the three wise men, Mary, Joseph and, of course, baby Jesus, brought a story to ...

This story ran in the April 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. A trio of painted, unfired-clay figurines has come to light at the coastal site of Vichama in what is now Peru. The three ...

A rare Banksy artwork, hand-painted by the elusive street artist and owned by U.S. musician Mark Hoppus, heads to auction on ...