He was born in 1470, the third son of Emperor Chenghua, the eighth of the Ming Dynasty, and his mother, surnamed Ji (known as Lady Ji), who was held in the palace as a prisoner from the Guangxi ...

A pair of rare Ming Dynasty fish jars dating from the 16th century have sold for £9.6 million ($12.5 million) at auction, smashing their estimate of £1 million ($1.3 million).

Tourists stroll around the entrance to the imperial Changling Tomb, one of the tombs of the 13 Mausoleums of the Ming Dynasty ...

The exhibition showcases a collection of Chinese blue-and-white ceramics discovered in 2003 from a shipwreck off the east ...

On Wednesday, in London, Sotheby's sold a pair of rare 16th-century Ming Dynasty Chinese jars decorated ... that "fish jars" made during Jiajing Emperor's reign (1522–66) in Imperial China ...

The Fengyang Drum Tower’s roof fell in just months after the conclusion of renovation works on the Ming dynasty site.

A pair of rare Ming Dynasty fish jars dating from the 16th ... The porcelain jars, made for the Jiajing Emperor, sparked a 20-minute bidding war among more than 10 collectors before eventually ...