APPRAISER: It's bronze. GUEST: Oh ... an apex of production or appreciation or devotion, during the late Ming Period. So about 1615, 1620. GUEST: Wow. APPRAISER: These seated immortal devotional ...

APPRAISER: I can confirm that she is indeed Asian-- Chinese, specifically ... APPRAISER: It was a period when the last dynasty had just crumbled unceremoniously. And there were a period of ...

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 ...

Two of the largest bronze figures ... commissioned for Chinese shrines and are an exception example of the influence of Vajrayana Buddhism on emperors of the early Ming dynasty.

The Ming vase belongs to a collection of Chinese porcelain gathered together by Swiss tycoons. A Chinese vase from the early Ming period has been sold for $21.6m (£14m) - a world record at ...

A tiny bronze Buddha ... evidence suggesting Chinese fleets arrived in Australia earlier than previously thought. It's argued the Buddha was left behind by the 1421 Ming treasure voyage, in ...

The Ming vase belongs to a collection of Chinese porcelain gathered together by Swiss tycoons. A Chinese vase from the early Ming period has been sold for $21.6m (£14m) - a world record at ...