On Wednesday, in London, Sotheby's sold a pair of rare 16th-century Ming Dynasty Chinese jars decorated ... which appeared in an auction of Chinese art. They eventually sold to a private Asian ...

with its landscaped gardens and many buildings (whose nearly 10,000 rooms contain furniture and works of art), constitutes a priceless testimony to Chinese civilization during the Ming and Qing ...

Focusing on the Ming dynasty, the book examines new approaches to tomb space ... and Metropolitan Center for Far Eastern Art Studies, among others. She has held visiting research positions at Peking ...

A pair of rare Ming Dynasty fish jars dating from the 16th century ... “This remarkable result makes it the highest priced Chinese work of art sold at auction worldwide this year,” said ...

A gang carried out a £2.8m heist at an art museum in Geneva just weeks before ... the sledgehammer and crowbar and seized the three Ming dynasty antiques. Afterwards, attempts were made to ...

Three men who allegedly plotted to murder a career criminal had stolen Ming dynasty antiques worth nearly £3 million from a Swiss museum shortly beforehand, a court has heard. Paul Allen ...

Incense burners in the shape of geese or ducks were among the most popular archaic designs from the Song Dynasty onward.

Three men snatched Ming dynasty antiques worth more than 3.5 million US dollars (£2.78 million) from a Swiss museum shortly before they allegedly plotted to murder a career criminal convicted of ...

A picture of “Daemyeongnyul.” Courtesy of the Korea Heritage Service The controversial treasure designation of Daemyeongnyul,” a legal text of Joseon Dynasty (1392–1910), also known as “The ...