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 ...

Hundreds of tiles have fallen from the roof of a centuries old tower in China's Anhui province, smashing to the ground near visitors to the site. Eyewitness footage showed sections of the roof ...

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 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 ...

But the culminating find," she continues, "the crowning glory of the event was the discovery of a splendid bottle-shaped vase dating back to about 1600, or the end of the Ming dynasty, of ...

Eyewitness footage shows the roof of a historic tower from the time of the Ming dynasty in China's collapsing. Reuters was able to verify the location of footage from building structure, ...

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 ...