The present vessel closely resembles Warring States prototypes; see for example, a related bronze hu vase but with cover and ... that it is an exceptional vase produced during the Ming or Qing dynasty ...

Each seated in dhyanasana, their right hands raised and holding the stem of a willow, the left hand holding a vase and a cup, wearing fine robes draped around the shoulders and body and tied at the ...

More than 900 pieces of treasure - from copper coins to porcelain to pottery - have been recovered from two shipwrecks dating back to the Ming Dynasty in the South China Sea. The breakthrough came ...

The cargo included at least 16,000 ceramic items and over seven million brass-bronze coins (totaling ... overseas trading voyages of the early Ming Dynasty were, in fact, accomplished with large ...

A recent study by Chinese researchers has found that the collapse of the Ming Dynasty, one of the most important dynasties in Chinese history, may have been triggered by the Wanli megadrought ...

A Chinese orphan Hongwu, a peasant soldier who gave up banditry to become a Buddhist monk, led the revolt and founded the Ming dynasty in 1368. Author: Jean Johnson. Why were there so many Chinese ...

A pair of rare Ming Dynasty fish jars dating from the 16th century have sold for £9.6 million ($12.5 million) at auction, smashing their estimate of £1 million ($1.3 million). The porcelain jars ...

The earliest extant examples of Chinese writing are the inscriptions that appear on so-called oracle bones (animal bones and turtle shells) and on bronze vessels, the oldest of which date back to the ...

The Qing dynasty was the last imperial dynasty in China. It began in 1644 when the Manchu people from the North overthrew the ruling Ming dynasty and established their capital in Beijing.