A masterpiece from the Nanjing Museum, donated by the family of a renowned collector, recently appeared at an auction, ...

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

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).

Renowned for its exquisite Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) murals, the Guanyin Temple is located in Xinjin district, Chengdu, in ...

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 ...

Temporary dams (left) near the confluence of the Min and Jin Rivers in China’s Sichuan Province have allowed archaeologists to excavate more than 76,000 artifacts. Many of these artifacts belonged to ...

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One of the more famous paintings of the medieval Ming dynasty, which ruled China for about three centuries, is that of a court attendant holding a rope around a giraffe. An inscription on the side ...

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 ...

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 ...