On Wednesday, in London, Sotheby's sold a pair of rare 16th-century Ming Dynasty Chinese jars decorated ... The porcelain jars were part of a German family collection for more than a century ...

Nicolas Chow, chairman of Sotheby's Asia and worldwide head of Asian art, writes in his preface for Liu's collection of ...

In the middle of the Ming Dynasty there were great varieties of ... until they are well cooked on both sides and ready to eat. (Collection of Making Adjustments to Tripods) Quick Stir – Fried ...

This edition, published in 1510 (5th year of the Zhengde reign period of the Ming dynasty, Geng Wu year) contains specially engraved illustrations.; ; This image illustrates the 27th of the '81 ...

Construction continued up to the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), when the Great Wall became the world's largest military structure. Its historic and strategic importance is matched only by its architectural ...

Three men who allegedly plotted to murder a career criminal had stolen Ming dynasty antiques worth nearly £3 million from a Swiss museum shortly beforehand, a court has heard. Paul Allen ...

Explore 500 years of China's imperial history at the Forbidden City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site once home to 24 Ming and ...

The Siku Quanshu remains the largest collection of Chinese ... knew a bit about how the Ming empire worked. Historians have different views about how the Qing dynasty ruled. On the one hand ...