Chinese student protesters are claiming that the Christian Dior fashion house has ripped off a classic skirt design from China that dates back to the Ming dynasty. Dozens of Chinese students took ...

Known for exquisite porcelain production and expansive trade, the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) represents a period of Chinese imperial rule between the fall of the Mongol Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) and the ...

Nearly 1,000 cultural relics have been recovered from shipwrecks dating back to the Ming Dynasty — from 1368-1644 — including porcelain and pottery, copper coins, and deer antlers, China’s ...

A 600-YEAR-old Chinese teapot made for a Ming Dynasty emperor is tipped to sell for £8.3million. The 9in tall, blue-and-white jug boasts a clawed dragon design and was made between 1402 and 1424.

Two British brothers have been sentenced to prison for breaking into a Swiss museum and stealing Chinese Ming Dynasty artifacts worth millions. The stolen items, two Ming Dynasty vases and a cup ...

the costume drama Journey to the West debuted on Chinese mainland televisions. It has been one of the earliest and most recognized visual-audio interpretations of China's Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 ...

Two rare Chinese ... ceramic wares modelled in the form of characters like the wine pitcher were a "remarkable" innovation of the Kangxi period - an era of stability following the collapse of the ...

It was used in the earlier Ming dynasty where designs are outlined in blue before being glazed, Bill Forrest, associate director and head of Chinese, Japanese and southeast Asian art at Roseberys ...

she said she hoped to help “recover what [the Chinese] lost” in the historical record. During the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Chinese admiral Zheng He commanded seven naval voyages around the ...

Indonesia held events to commemorate the 618th anniversary of the arrival during the voyages of Chinese Ming Dynasty navigator Zheng He on Saturday, in Semarang City, the capital of Central Java ...