This is not the first time that a Ming Dynasty artifact has smashed its auction estimate. In July 2020, two rare volumes of an ancient Chinese encyclopedia sold for more than €8 million ($9 ...

Two British brothers have been sentenced to prison for breaking into a Geneva museum and stealing Chinese Ming Dynasty artifacts valued at around $3.8 million.

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).

On Wednesday in London, Sotheby’s sold a pair of rare 16th-century Ming Dynasty Chinese jars decorated with orange fish for $12.5 million, blowing the house’s $1 million high estimate out of ...

Imperial Tombs of the Ming Dynasty Updated: 2007-06-11 08:58. Within Chinese thinking, the number "13" is not an inauspicious omen, except in the case of the Ming Dynasty imperial family.

The announcement was made during the 2024 Ming Dynasty Culture Forum. Construction on the Ming Tombs, the burial grounds of 13 Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) emperors, began in 1409 during the reign of ...

The Drum Tower - reportedly the largest in China - was built in 1375 during the Ming Dynasty but had undergone an extensive rebuild in 1995. Officials for the county, ...

The roof of a Ming Dynasty tower dating back more than 600 years collapsed in a huge pile of rubble in China's Fengyang county on Monday (19 May). Eyewitness footage showed part of the historic ...