The 700-lot auction includes 18th- and 19th-century furniture ... 100-€150), and a pair of 18th-century charger plates (€200-€300). The Chinese Qing dynasty celadon double gourd vase ...

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Set in San Francisco more than a century ago - a cauldron of industrial ... who went to the US to build railways during the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Unfortunately, the film was never made ...

With major gifts to leading arts institutions, Oscar L. Tang and Agnes Hsu‐Tang have recently landed in the center of New York cultural philanthropy. By Robin Pogrebin When the Metropolitan ...

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It was here, in 1624, that Giulio Aleni (1582-1649), a Jesuit, mathematician and a disciple of Matteo Ricci, pioneered outreach to Chinese culture in the late Ming dynasty. His ten years of ...

In the early 19th ... the Qing Dynasty controlled a vast and wealthy empire. The Qianlong Emperor died in 1799, and his successors faced new external enemies in the new century.

Pump Park Vintage Photography/Alamy In the early 19th century ... At its height, the Qing Dynasty controlled a vast and wealthy empire. The Qianlong Emperor died in 1799, and his successors faced new ...

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