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 ...
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 ...
A 400-year-old Ming vase could fetch $27,500 at auction after being discovered on the landing of a UK home during a routine ...
Ming Dynasty encyclopedia sells for more than $9 million at auction – 1,000 times the expected price
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 ...
It would be hard to think of a mineral more intertwined with Chinese jewellery as jade. The earliest history of the iconic green-tinted gemstone dates back 12,000 years, and it has been an essential ...
A Chinese junk, as small as a yacht and as brightly painted as a child's toy, is in San Francisco this week at midpoint on the historical adventure of a lifetime. The boat is named Princess Taiping, ...
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