Sotheby's said the previous record for Chinese porcelain was set in 2010 when a gourd-shaped Qianlong vase sold for $32.4 million. It's the latest of several records set at the auction house's ...

Object Details Author Oriental Ceramic Society Notes Catalog of an exhibition held at the Oriental Ceramic Society, London, Oct. 24-Dec. 21, 1946. Date 1948 Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912 Call number ...

— Orientations 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 ...

Murder plot accused stole Ming dynasty porcelain from Geneva museum, court told Three men are accused of plotting to murder former cage fighter Paul Allen.

“The white porcelain ‘vase’—which is actually a bottle of the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty—has an interesting tale over its hundreds of years,” Webb continued.

Auctions A Blue-and-White Dragon Vase Just Sold for $7.5 Million—More Than 4,000 Times Its $1,900 Estimate "It exceeds the price of Napoleon's saber!" said the flabbergasted French auctioneer.

FROM its early years the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) was famous in the West for the magnificent—and inimitable—blue-and-white porcelain made in the imperial factories at Jingdezhen. European ...

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 ...