Oversimplified discourse on Ming, Qing dynasties risks slide into ‘narrow, Han-centric nationalism’, Zhejiang authorities ...

A 15th century Chinese box which went unnoticed for decades has sold for £288,000 (about $358,000), smashing its expected price at auction. The box was bought for just £19 ($24) in 1946 and was ...

The discovery’s highlight was a 247-pound cannon from the Ming dynasty, but archaeologists also found remains of crops and ...

Art experts in Australia have found a rare paper banknote from the Ming Dynasty of Imperial China hidden inside an antique wooden sculpture that was being prepared for auction. The Chinese characters ...

Believed lost for decades, an exceptionally rare Chinese Ming Dynasty cloisonné box was a surprise hit at auction, selling at Dreweatts in Berkshire, U.K., for £288,000 ($358,000). It was expected to ...

A recent deep-sea archaeological expedition in the South China Sea has led to the discovery and recovery of over 900 artifacts from two ancient shipwrecks dating back to the Ming dynasty (1368-1644).

Two British brothers have been sentenced to prison for breaking into a Swiss museum and stealing Chinese Ming Dynasty artifacts worth millions. The stolen items, two Ming Dynasty vases and a cup, ...

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An emperor's carpet that once lay in China's Imperial Palace during the Ming dynasty has been sold for $324,500. The carpet, showing a large dragon around a flaming pearl which is seen as a symbol of ...

Two rare volumes of an ancient Chinese encyclopedia sold for more than €8 million ($9 million) at auction Tuesday, more than 1,000 times the estimated price. The encyclopedia, known as the Yongle ...

Before its fall from grace, chop suey was a holiday tradition for families who don't celebrate Christmas, even being ...

The three live sales of Asian Art Week totaled $46,685,403, achieving 259 percent hammer and premium above low estimate combined, with a sell-through rate of 91 percent.