A 15th century box is up for auction after sitting in a WWII veteran's family home for over 55 years. The box is believed to have been made for an emperor.

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).

A 600-YEAR-old Chinese teapot made for a Ming Dynasty emperor is tipped to sell for £8.3million. The 9in tall, blue-and-white jug boasts a clawed dragon design and was made between 1402 and 1424.

Construction on the Ming Tombs, the burial grounds of 13 Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) emperors, began in 1409 during the reign of the Yongle Emperor and continued until the early Qing Dynasty (1644 ...

The vase in the picture was made during the reign of the Hongzhi Emperor, who is now considered the best emperor in the Ming dynasty, during whose time the economy and the people prospered.

A 600-year-old Chinese teapot made for a Ming Dynasty Emperor has sold for £11million. The nine-inch imperial blue and white ewer was made for Yongle Emperor Zhu Di during his reign between 1402 ...

A reprint of a book attributing the end of the Ming dynasty 400 years ago to the ineptitude of a Chinese emperor was pulled from shelves last week, in an apparent purge of a title that had drawn ...

In this video, art historians Dr. Kristen Brennan and Dr. Beth Harris discuss the cultural significance of the Xiaoling Mausoleum, the elaborate resting place of Zhu Yuanzhang, founder of the Ming ...

Six centuries ago this year, in the 11th lunar month of the 18th year of his reign, the Yongle emperor of the Ming dynasty announced the completion of his brand new capital, Beijing. The city had been ...

The "Brocade-Clad Guard" ("Embroidered-Uniform Guard"), or Jinyiwei, served under the Ming dynasty for 262 years in Imperial China and were founded by the Hongwu Emperor in 1368. Like so many ...